Emerging view of a cell
Live-cell imaging at Morgan lab, UK


Cell size in context
4.1.4: Cell Size - Biology LibreTexts
Biology LibreTexts

Bacterial cell
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Mycoplasma mycoides illustration by David Goodsell

Inside a bacterial cell
Mycoplasma mycoides illustration by David Goodsell
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Key for “Mycoplasma mycoides”
Protein synthesis (labels in black)
1.DNA
2.DNA polymerase
3.single-stranded-DNA binding protein (protects single-stranded portions during replication)
4.RNA polymerase
5.messenger RNA
6.ribosome
7.transfer RNA(in pink) and elongation factor Tu (in blue)
8.elongation factor Tu and Ts
9.elongation factor G
10.aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases
11.topoisomerases
12.Rec system for DNA repair: a) RecA, b) RecBC
13.chaperonin GroEL (helps folding of new proteins)
14.ClpA (destroys old proteins)
Enzymes for energy production (labels in red)glycolytic enymes
1.pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
2.
Membrane proteins (labels in blue)ATP synthase
3.secretory proteins
4.sodium pump
5.zinc transporter
6.magnesium transporter
7.ABC transporter (different ABC transporters transport different types of molecules-ABC is short
for "ATP-binding cassette")
8.magnesium transporter
9.lipoglycan (long carbohydrate chains connected to lipid in the membrane)

3D model of a bacterial cell
Researchers create first 3D model of entire cell at molecular detail


A virus infected bacterial cell
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Bacteriophage T4 Infection, 2023 by David Goodsell

T4 Phage attacking E.coli
T4 Phage attacking E.coli


Molecular crowding in the cytoplasm
01 5 Cytoplasmic Dynamics and Crowding


The Machinery of Life – Goodsell Home Page
The machinery of life
by David Goodsell

Bacterial flagellum
Bacterial Flagellum


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Eukaryotic cell
Scientific Illustration Shared as a Detailed Image of a Human Cell | Misbar

Organelles in the cell
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RPE-1 human cell line from Wikimedia Commons

Inside a cell
DNA animation (2002-2014) by Drew Berry and Etsuko Uno wehi.tv #ScienceArt


Biomolecular condensates
Cliff Brangwynne (Princeton & HHMI) 1: Liquid Phase Separation in Living Cells