>Hi Henry >Nice molecule!
It (sort of ) has D2 symmetry, and is therefore dissymetric in its own right > I had only known cyclic DNA molecules as in >"circular" DNA, e.g. procariotic DNA and plasmids. Chemicaly there is >not much difference. >Just for info, RasMol and Accelrys DS Visualizer don't link the ends >either. Yes, the connection, as others have now noted, is a covalent bond between P C A 1 O3* T A 8 but for some reason, no-one appears to have incorporated this into the cartoons. -- Henry Rzepa. +44 (020) 7594 5774 (Voice); http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/rzepa.xrdf (FOAF) http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. (Voracious anti-spam filter in operation for received email. If expected reply not received, please phone/fax). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users