[modeller_usage] backbone trace and sidechains

[Mehmet Serkan Apaydin <apaydin AT cs.dartmouth.edu>]

Hi,

  I had two quick questions: I was wondering whether the model returned by 
MODELLER changes when the template is a backbone trace, in contrast to 
when it is the full structure with sidechains.

  Also, in general, is there any advantage of building the sidechains of 
the homology model, after running MODELLER, with a tool such as MAXSPROUT 
(which uses a rotamer library to construct the sidechains)?

  Thanks,

  --Serkan