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residue.alpha -- $ \alpha $ dihedral angle

This is a dihedral object, with information about the residue's $ \alpha $ dihedral (i.e., the virtual dihedral between four successive $ {C}_\alpha$ atoms, starting with the previous residue); see residue.phi for more information.



Ben Webb 2007-08-03