Molecule of the Month
December 2024

Flagellar Motor

Bidirectional motors power the swimming of many bacterial cells.

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Induced Lac Repressor

Z-DNA

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Myoglobin Fold

Collagen

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

DNA

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Lysozyme (488)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Cytochrome c

Lac Repressor

Hemoglobin S

Myoglobin

Oxyhemoglobin

Deoxyhemoglobin

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

A-DNA

Hemoglobin

Myohemerythrin

Carboxypeptidase A

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

B-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Ribonuclease S

Lysozyme (512)

Crambin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Trypsin

The Molecular Landscapes by David S. Goodsell integrate information from structural biology, microscopy and biophysics to simulate detailed views of the molecular structure of living cells.

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Mycoplasma mycoides

RecA and DNA

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Ebola Virus

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Influenza Vaccine

Coronavirus

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Abiogenesis

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Biosites: Blood Plasma

HIV-Infected Cell

HIV Vaccine

Lipid Droplets

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Autophagy

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Respiratory Droplet

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Cellulose Synthase

Zika Virus

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

CytoSkeleton

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

HIV in Blood Plasma

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Poliovirus Neutralization

Immunological Synapse

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Nucleus

Myelin

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Blood

Measles Virus Proteins

Insulin Release

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Insulin Action

Biosites: Muscle

Chloroplast

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Escherichia coli

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Biosites: Cytoplasm

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