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November 2023

ZAR1 Resistosome

Plants protect themselves from infection with immune system machines such as the resistosome

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Hemoglobin S

Lac Repressor

Deoxyhemoglobin

Trypsin

DNA

Cytochrome c

B-DNA

Lysozyme (512)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Induced Lac Repressor

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin

Crambin

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Myoglobin

Z-DNA

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Ribonuclease S

Collagen

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Hemoglobin (1000)

Lysozyme (488)

Oxyhemoglobin

Myohemerythrin

A-DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Carboxypeptidase A

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Myoglobin Fold

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Abiogenesis

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Last Universal Common Ancestor

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Biosites: Muscle

CytoSkeleton

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Coronavirus

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Myelin

Measles Virus Proteins

Blood

Lipid Droplets

Escherichia coli Bacterium

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Respiratory Droplet

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Zika Virus

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Mycoplasma mycoides

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Insulin Action

Autophagy

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

HIV Vaccine

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Chloroplast

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Immunological Synapse

Poliovirus Neutralization

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

HIV-Infected Cell

Escherichia coli

Coronavirus Life Cycle

HIV in Blood Plasma

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Cellulose Synthase

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Ebola Virus

RecA and DNA

Insulin Release

Biosites: Nucleus

Influenza Vaccine

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