[gmx-users] g_dist

[Justin A. Lemkul]

dina dusti wrote:
> Dear Prof.
> 
> Thank you very much from your response.
> OK, I use from g_gyrate for all of radius, but I still don't understand 
> that what thing did they use in their articles for root-mean-square 
> distance because they compared this quantity with quantity of obtained 
> from gyration!!!
> 

It's hard for anyone to speculate about an article that we haven't read.  The 
best course of action is to contact the corresponding author and ask for 
additional information.  Based on what you learn there, you can apply similar 
analyses.

-Justin

> Thank you again.
> Best Regards
> Dina
> 
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> *From:* Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>
> *To:* dina dusti <dinadusti at yahoo.com>; Discussion list for GROMACS 
> users <gmx-users at gromacs.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:08 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [gmx-users] g_dist
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> 
> 
> dina dusti wrote:
>  > Dear Prof.
>  >
>  > Thank you very much from your response.
>  > He answer me that I should use from g_gyration for radius of micelle, 
> but what should I do for hydrocarbon (dry) core or calculation of inner 
> core of micelle (i.e. the first of carbon on tail of surfactant with COM 
> of micelle)?
>  >
> 
> Use g_gyrate, with a custom index group that contains the atoms of 
> interest.  If you're interested in the radius of the hydrocarbon atoms, 
> make that an index group and perform the analysis on it.
> 
> -Justin
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> Justin A. Lemkul
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> ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
> MILES-IGERT Trainee
> Department of Biochemistry
> Virginia Tech
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Justin A. Lemkul
Ph.D. Candidate
ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540) 231-9080
http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin

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