Module Selection

Selection of atoms, residues, etc.

Functions

uniqueify(items)
Return a list of the unique items in the given iterable.

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get_unique_parents(entity_list)
Translate a list of entities to a list of their (unique) parents.

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unfold_entities(entity_list, target_level)
Unfold entities list to a child level (e.g.

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_test()
Run the Bio.PDB.Selection module's doctests (PRIVATE).

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Variables

entity_levels = ['A', 'R', 'C', 'M', 'S']

__package__ = 'Bio.PDB'

Function Details

Return a list of the unique items in the given iterable.

Order is NOT preserved.

Unfold entities list to a child level (e.g. residues in chain).

Unfold a list of entities to a list of entities of another level. E.g.:

list of atoms -> list of residues list of modules -> list of atoms list of residues -> list of chains

o entity_list - list of entities or a single entity o target_level - char (A, R, C, M, S)

Note that if entity_list is an empty list, you get an empty list back:

>>> unfold_entities([], "A")
[]