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FirstGlance/How To Measure A Virus Capsid
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Immediately you can see that this is a double-layered capsid, with outer and inner shells. Between the shells are transmembrane alpha helical "spikes" or "posts" embedded in a lipid bilayer (not represented by any atoms here). | Immediately you can see that this is a double-layered capsid, with outer and inner shells. Between the shells are transmembrane alpha helical "spikes" or "posts" embedded in a lipid bilayer (not represented by any atoms here). | ||
| - | To obtain this slab in FirstGlance, you simply depress a ''Slab'' button. By default, the thickness of the slab is 10% of the diameter of the capsid (but this is adjustable). Here is a snapshot of the ''Views'' tab of FirstGlance. After the initial view of the capsid appears, getting this slab takes 3 clicks indicated by the red arrows: Click on the ''Views'' tab, depress the ''Slab'' button, and check ''Rotate slab''. | + | To obtain this slab in FirstGlance, you simply depress a ''Slab'' button. By default, the thickness of the slab is 10% of the diameter of the capsid (but this is adjustable). Here is a '''snapshot of the ''Views'' tab of FirstGlance'''. After the initial view of the capsid appears, getting this slab takes 3 clicks indicated by the red arrows: Click on the ''Views'' tab, depress the ''Slab'' button, and check ''Rotate slab''. |
[[Image:Firstglance-slab-controls.png]] | [[Image:Firstglance-slab-controls.png]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:07, 26 July 2022
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