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From: Gadi Oron (gadi_at_proteologics.com)
Date: Thu Jan 01 2004 - 03:52:04 CST

Hi,

On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 23:43, Aurore Zyto wrote:
> hi,
> I'm trying to visualize a .pdb file, consisting of a trimer of units,
> about 400 residues each (i.e. overall structure of 1200 residues).
> When using the cartoon representation, large parts are missing (which can
> be visualized by drawing lines for example).
> How large a protein can the cartoon representation "safely" handle? Is it
> a reported bug?
> Thanks
> Aurore

Probably the problem is not the size but rather wrong evaluation
of the structure by VMD. Try generating a PSF file and loading it along
with the protein. I think it would solve your problem. 

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