Fig. 15

A Prokaryo Fly-through. The snapshots are taken while navigating through the virtual cell model. a approaching the cell from the outside; b close to the membrane, with pili and lactose permease pumps visible; c and d just below the periplasm between membranes; e focus on lactose permease, with lactose and other molecules in the background; f cytoplasmic space with coiled DNA structure in the center. g close-up of the lactose operon sections on the DNA with mRNA and folding amino acid chains. For this fly-through, most proteins and other entities inside the cell are not depicted. The rendering and hiding of specific molecules is controlled by the user. Hidden molecules are not visible, yet remain active elements in the simulation, as depicted in Fig. 1