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===FirstGlance in Jmol===
===FirstGlance in Jmol===
[http://firstglance.jmol.org FirstGlance] automatically '''displays''' biological unit 1, and enables you to work with it using all of the tools within FirstGlance. However, you '''cannot save the biological unit model in PDB format''', because
[http://firstglance.jmol.org FirstGlance] automatically '''displays''' biological unit 1, and enables you to work with it using all of the tools within FirstGlance. However, you '''cannot save the biological unit model in PDB format''', because internally
JSmol assigns multiple-character names to duplicated chains. For example, with [[3hyd]], chain A is duplicated to chains A1, A2, A3. These chain names render the pseudo PDB file saved from FirstGlance/JSmol unreadable for many software packages.
JSmol assigns multiple-character names to duplicated chains. For example, with [[3hyd]], chain A is duplicated to chains A1, A2, A3. These chain names render the pseudo PDB file saved from FirstGlance/JSmol unreadable for many software packages.