Re: [ccp4bb]: measure circumference

["Gerard \"DVD\" Kleywegt" <gerard@xray.bmc.uu.se>]

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> I am trying to calculate the circumference of a dimer protein from its pdb 
> file. Does anybody know any good way to do it?

how do you define '*the* circumference' ? only when your dimer
is a perfect sphere does that make sense; in all other cases
you need to specify first what it is you are trying to measure

--dvd

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                        Gerard J.  Kleywegt
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Dept. of Cell & Molecular Biology  University of Uppsala
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