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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_cmm.chem.upenn.edu)
Date: Fri May 01 2009 - 19:48:34 CDT

On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 16:47 -0700, Samuel Coulbourn Flores wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm trying to select ribose atoms in RNA, which are labelled C1*, C2*,
> etc. However vmd, or at least Graphical Representations, doesn't like
> the asterisks. I try:
>
> type C4*
> or
> name C4*

try: name 'C4*'
or : name "C4\*"

axel.

>
> and it says:
> "The atom selection you typed could not be understood"
>
> Is there some escape character for the asterisk?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sam
> 

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