From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 29 2004 - 18:14:08 CST

Dieter,
  Removing the interior atoms won't help. You need to select a smaller
contiguous section of the structure. If you like, I've got an example
I made earlier this year, that does what I'm describing, posted here:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/files/tachyon/virus/

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:42:54AM +0100, dieter blaas wrote:
> Hi,
> I have tried to hollow out the virus by removing any atoms closer to the
> center than e.g. 135 A. However, this does not seem to work either as
> the program crashes as well. I am afraid that this is due to the fact that
> residues become truncated and there is no correct backbone!
> Anyhow, thanx for the suggestions! Dieter

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