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July Molecule of the Month

9RUG

Cryo-EM structure of the LB_DQB0303_A Fab - HLA-DQB1*03:03/DQA1*02:01 human alloantibody-HLA complex

35TE

Cryo-EM structure of the immature SLEV, asymmetric unit

10EC

C12 Portal assembly of phage Oekolampad (Bas18)

9YJK

Crystal structure of MERS-CoV spike stem helix peptide in complex with monoclonal antibody eCC65.1-12

9Y5B

Co-crystal structure of BTK kinase domain with non-covalent inhibitor

9VVC

Crystal structure of the apo form of main protease (Mpro) from HKU5-CoV-1

9SFD

middle core protein of bacteriophage LUZ19 computed in C8 symmetry

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