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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.
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Assembly When loading mmCIF structure files, the assembly setting controls whether PyMOL loads the asymmetric unit (assembly="") or a biological unit (e.g. assembly="1"). Assembly identifiers in mmCIF files can be arbitrary strings, but usually are numeric and most files define at least assembly "1". New in PyMOL 1.8 Assemblies with more than one symmetry copy are loaded as multi-state objects with all_states=on. The assemblies should be equivalent to the pdb1 files which are available from the PDB ftp server. Examples Download the ASU and the first assembly, show them side by side. set assembly, "" fetch 3bw1, asu, async=0 set assembly, 1 fetch 3bw1, assembly1, async=0 set grid_mode See Also all_states split_states http://mmcif.wwpdb.org/dictionaries/mmcif_pdbx.dic/Items/_pdbx_struct_assembly.id.html BiologicalUnit/Quat and BiologicalUnit: scripts to parse assembly information from ..→

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