Biochemical Collection (#88)

ATPase muscle enzyme
Calcium pumping ATPase enzyme. Computer model of an electrostatic potential surface map of part of the ATPase enzyme that pumps calcium in and out of muscle cells and controls muscle contractions

Pepsin molecule
Pepsin enzyme. Computer graphic of the protein- digesting enzyme pepsin. It is a protease enzyme that is secreted as part of gastric juice into the stomach in an inactive form known as pepsinogen

Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2). Molecular models of the secondary structure (top) and the tertiary structure (bottom) of FGFR2

Single stranded DNA-binding protein (SSBP). Molecular model showing the secondary and tertiary structures of a protein that binds to the single stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

DNA nanotechnology, artwork
DNA nanotechnology. Conceptual computer artwork of DNA nanotechnology, showing a carbon nanotube (transparent) and a molecule of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, centre)

Enzyme catalysing DNA recombination. Computer model of the enzyme flippase recombinase (FLP recombinase, atoms represented as tubes)

Isolation suit. Person wearing an isolation suit in a cloud of green mist

Methylene blue, molecular model. Atoms are represented by spheres (carbon: light blue, nitrogen: dark blue, sulphur: yellow, hydrogen: mustard) with the bonds between them as bars

Nerve growth factor, molecular model
Nerve growth factor. Molecular model showing the secondary structure of nerve growth factor (NGF). NGF is a small protein, which is involved in the growth

Nitrogenase protein, molecular model
Nitrogenase protein. Molecular model of the MoFe protein, one of two proteins (MoFe and Fe) that combine to form the enzyme nitrogenase

Virus, artwork
Virus, computer artwork. Viruses contain a core of genetic material, either DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or RNA (ribonucleic acid) surrounded by a protein coat, or capsid

Fibrin strands, artwork
Fibrin strands. Computer artwork depicting a number of fibrin strands with their ends embedded in the membrane of a cell. Fibrin is composed of fibrinogen proteins

DNA assembly, artwork
DNA assembly. Computer artwork showing nucleic acid bases (upper left) binding together to form a double-helix of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, lower right)

DNA molecule, conceptual artwork
DNA, conceptual computer artwork. View up the centre of a molecular model of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). DNA is composed of two strands twisted into a double helix

DNA molecule, ceonceptual artwork
DNA, conceptual computer artwork. Molecular model of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), composed of two strands twisted into a double helix

Cholesterol, molecular model
Cholesterol. Molecular model of the fatty and waxy alcohol cholesterol. Atoms are represented by spheres and are colour-coded: carbon (black), hydrogen (grey), oxygen (red)

Virus particles, conceptual artwork
Virus particles, conceptual computer artwork. Viruses contain a core of genetic material, either DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or RNA (ribonucleic acid) surrounded by a protein coat, or capsid

Urine analysis
MODEL RELEASED. Urine analysis. Generalpractice doctor comparing a multiple test stick(Multistix) to its reference chart. The test stickhas been placed into a sample of a patients urineto test for a

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