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News & Updates
Official Release	PyMOL v2.5 has been released on May 10, 2021.
Python 3	New Python 3 compatibility guide for scripts and plugins
POSF	New PyMOL fellows announced for 2018-2019
Tutorial	Plugins Tutorial updated for PyQt5
New Plugin	PICv is a new plugin for clustering protein-protein interactions and visualization with available data from PDBe
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.

Did you know...
CBC Util.cbc stands for (the utilities library's) color by chain. This simply colors molecules by their chains, as the name suggests. The affects of CBC are shown in the following images. Molecule loaded util.cbc command issued. Each chain gets its own color. Usage # simple command util.cbc selection, first_color, quiet # api usage util.cbc(selection='(all)',first_color=7,quiet=1,legacy=0,_self=cmd) where selection defaults to 'all', first_color defaults to 7, quiet defaults to 1 Example # color everything by chain util.cbc See Also Chainbow Util.rainbow util.cba

A Random PyMOL-generated Cover. See Covers.

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