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Start the tour with this <scene name='72/725442/B-dna_overview/1'>Overview</scene> view. Now look at this <scene name='72/725442/Space_filling_view/1'>space filling view</scene>.The backbone is yellow and the bases are magenta. You can compare it with the other DNA forms by | Start the tour with this <scene name='72/725442/B-dna_overview/1'>Overview</scene> view. Now look at this <scene name='72/725442/Space_filling_view/1'>space filling view</scene>.The backbone is yellow and the bases are magenta. You can compare it with the other DNA forms by | ||
Note that the major groove (at the top, when you have just clicked the button) | |||
is wide and easily accessible. | |||
Now change the display to make it show the <scene name='72/725442/Space_filling_bbone/1'>sugar-phosphate backbone as pseudo-bonds</scene> connecting the phosphate atoms. Now the bases are easier to see. Notice how they are stacked upon each other and are nearly perpendicular to the axis of the double helix. Note also that the backbone forms a smooth, continuous curve. | |||
You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia <ref>DOI 10.1002/ijch.201300024</ref> or to the article describing Jmol <ref>PMID:21638687</ref> to the rescue. | You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia <ref>DOI 10.1002/ijch.201300024</ref> or to the article describing Jmol <ref>PMID:21638687</ref> to the rescue. | ||