Your guide to YASARA View

°  Selections are defined by a final type and an expression °  Possible final selection types are All, Obj, Mol, Res and Atom °  Ranges can be specified with a minus sign °  A logical OR is assumed between items of the same selection type °  A logical AND is assumed if you switch the selection type °  Selections are inflated to the final selection type at the end °  Additional selection types allow to filter for various properties °  Names can be negated with an exclamation mark '!' °  Names can be wildcards using a question mark '?' °  Names with unusual characters can be quoted °  Selections can be combined with explicit operators °  The 'and', 'or' and 'not' operators perform logical operations °  The 'with distance <>X from' operator measures distances between atoms °  The 'with minimum distance from' operator finds the closest atom °  The 'with maximum distance from' operator finds the most distant atom °  The 'with <>X atoms closer Y among' operator counts close atoms °  The 'with <>X bonds to' operator analyzes bound atoms °  The 'with <>X bond angles to' operator analyzes second neighbor atoms °  The 'with distance <>X from Y surface...' operator measures distances from a surface °  The 'with contribution to X surface...' operator analyzes surface contributions °  The 'within sequence' operator selects within a given sequence °  Selections are not case sensitive except for two special cases °  Selection windows allow to build selections with the mouse °  Yanaconda helps to define selection subsets °  Examples of selections needed in real-life