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24 Mar
2011
24 Mar
'11
8:16 a.m.
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Phil Evans
wrote:One catch with truncating side chains is that if you calculate electrostatic surfaces (for what they are worth) then you will probably lose some charges (I believe)
Certainly, but the same is also true of missing loops - some of which are very important for forming binding surfaces, even if they aren't visible in the crystal. -Nat