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August 2024

ESCRT-III

ESCRT-III forms helical assemblies that remodel cellular membranes

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Myoglobin Fold

Carboxypeptidase A

Hemoglobin S

DNA

Oxyhemoglobin

Crambin

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Z-DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Myohemerythrin

Induced Lac Repressor

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Ribonuclease S

Lac Repressor

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Myoglobin

B-DNA

A-DNA

Collagen

Lysozyme (488)

Cytochrome c

Deoxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Trypsin

Lysozyme (512)

Hemoglobin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

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SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

HIV Vaccine

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Respiratory Droplet

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Coronavirus

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Myelin

Insulin Action

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Blood

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Lipid Droplets

Immunological Synapse

Escherichia coli

Poliovirus Neutralization

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Influenza Vaccine

Insulin Release

RecA and DNA

Autophagy

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Cellulose Synthase

CytoSkeleton

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Biosites: Muscle

Chloroplast

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Abiogenesis

Biosites: Blood Plasma

HIV-Infected Cell

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Measles Virus Proteins

Biosites: Nucleus

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Zika Virus

Mycoplasma mycoides

Ebola Virus

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Last Universal Common Ancestor

HIV in Blood Plasma

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