MOLECULAR LANDSCAPES BY DAVID S. GOODSELL
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The watercolor paintings of David S. Goodsell integrate information from structural biology, microscopy and biophysics to simulate detailed views of the molecular structure of living cells. Proteins, nucleic acids, and lipid membranes are shown; small molecules, ions, and water are omitted for clarity.
JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell
JCVI-syn3A is a minimal cell developed at the J. Craig Venter Institute, with a reduced genome of 493 genes. It was developed inseveral steps, starting......
Myelin
This painting shows a cross-section through the internode region of a myelinated axon in the central nervous system. The axon is shown......
Biosites: Blood Plasma
This painting includes many Y-shaped antibodies, large circular low density lipoproteins, and lots of small albumin molecules. The large fibrous......
RecA and DNA
Recent work has shown that RecA protein (in turquoise) associates with DNA and forms a long, thin filament that stretches through a cell......
Abiogenesis
This speculative painting depicts some of the processes that have been proposed for the abiogenic origin of life on the Earth......
Cellulose Synthase
In this cross-section, a plant cell is shown at the bottom, with the plasma membrane in green and the cell cytoplasm in blue, with a microtubule......
Immunological Synapse
This painting is part of “VAX,” a series of paintings exploring the molecular basis of vaccines......
Biosites: Nucleus
This painting shows DNA being replicated in the nucleus. DNA polymerase......
Respiratory Droplet
This painting shows a cross section through a small respiratory droplet, like the ones that are thought to transmit SARS-CoV-2. The virus is shown in......
Escherichia coli Bacterium
This painting shows a cross-section through an Escherichia coli cell. The characteristic......
Lipid Droplets
Lipids such as fats and cholesterol are stored in large droplets inside cells. This painting shows how these droplets are formed. The lipids......
Biosites: Muscle
This painting shows part of a sarcomere, with actin filaments in blue and myosin filaments in red.....
Last Universal Common Ancestor
This speculative painting depicts the primordial cell that gave rise to all life on Earth......
Chloroplast
This cross section through a chloroplast shows the two-layered membrane at the top and the......
Biosites: Cytoplasm
This painting includes three types of filaments that make up the cytoskeleton: a microtubule......