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News & Updates
Official Release	PyMOL v2.4 has been released on May 20, 2020.
Python 3	New Python 3 compatibility guide for scripts and plugins
Official Release	PyMOL v2.3 has been released on February 11, 2019.
POSF	New PyMOL fellows announced for 2018-2019
Tutorial	Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5
New Plugin	ProBiS H2O is a new plugin for identification of conserved waters in protein structures.
Selection keywords	New polymer.protein and polymer.nucleic selection keywords. Thanks everyone who participated in the poll!
Plugin Update	MOLE 2.5 is an updated version of channel analysis software in PyMOL
New Script	dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons
Older News	See Older News.

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Cartoon ring mode == Overview == PyMOL provides a variety of representations for illustrating nucleic acid structures. This setting, ring_mode, affects how PyMol draws the bases in a nucleic acid representation. Syntax # try other natural numbers set cartoon_ring_mode, 3 Currently, there are 7 modes, numbered 0 through 6. See the illustrations below. Examples Set to 0 Set to 1 Set to 2 Set to 3 Set to 4 Set to 6 See Also Cartoon#Nucleic_Acid_Representation

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.

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