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News & Updates New Script dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons New Plugin LiSiCA is a new plugin for 2D and 3D ligand based virtual screening using a fast maximum clique algorithm. Official Release PyMOL v1.8.0 has been released on Nov 18, 2015. PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship Schrödinger is now accepting applications for the PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship program! Details on http://pymol.org/fellowship Official Release PyMOL, AxPyMOL, and JyMOL v1.7.6 have all been released on May 4, 2015. New Plugin PyANM is a new plugin for easier Anisotropic Network Model (ANM) building and visualising in PyMOL. New Plugin Bondpack is a collection of PyMOL plugins for easy visualization of atomic bonds. New Plugin MOLE 2.0 is a new plugin for rapid analysis of biomacromolecular channels in PyMOL. 3D using Geforce PyMOL can now be visualized in 3D using Nvidia GeForce video cards (series 400+) with 120Hz monitors and Nvidia 3D Vision, this was previously only possible with Quadro video cards. Older News See Older News.

Did you know... Edit Keys ===EDITING KEYS === These are defaults, which can be redefined. Note that while entering text on the command line, some of these control keys take on text editing functions instead (CTRL - A, E, and K, and DELETE), so you should clear the command line before trying to edit atoms. ATOM REPLACEMENT CTRL-C Replace picked atom with carbon (C) CTRL-N Replace picked atom with nitrogen (N) CTRL-O Replace picked atom with oxygen (O) CTRL-S Replace picked atom with sulpher (S) CTRL-G Replace picked atom with hydrogen (H) CTRL-F Replace picked atom with fluorene (F) CTRL-L Replace picked atom with chlorine (Cl) CTRL-B Replace picked atom with bromine (Br) CTRL-I Replace picked atom with iodine (I) ATOM MODIFICATION CTRL-J Set charge on picked atom to -1 CTRL-K Set charge on picked atom to +1 CTRL-D Remove atom or bond (DELETE works too). CTRL-Y Add a hydrogen to the current atom CTRL-R Adjust hydrogens on atom/bond to match ..→

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