<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hello Elaine,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I am trying to find the edge lengths of virus particles using Chimera. The method I came up with is to </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">1. Create an icosahedron with the diameter of the virus. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">2. Create two atoms that sit on adjacent vertices of the icosahedron</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">3. Measure the distance between the two atoms</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">But this method gives me the edge length of the icosahedron and not the virus itself. Is it possible to get the edge lengths of the actual virus without having to go through this process? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thank you</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Vamsee</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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