tRNA in various representations

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Model of yeast Phenylalanine transfer RNA from 1TRA.pdb in various representations. I made this to use it for teaching Biochemistry and Structural Biology. Pre- and Postprocessing Instructions Cartoon/ladder: The model was re-orientated using the Auto-orientation plugin in Cura. Printed at 0.2 resolution with wall 4 lines and 20% infill. I have used concentric supports and found to be easier to remove. Nothing snapped during the supports removal. This was an easy print. Cartoon: The model was re-orientated using the Auto-orientation plugin in Cura. Printed at 0.2 resolution with wall 6 lines and 20% infill. I have used concentric supports, but this time were difficult to remove, especially in between the base-pairs. Nothing snapped during the supports removal though. Surface: The model was re-orientated using the Auto-orientation plugin in Cura. Printed at 0.2 resolution with wall 6 lines and 20% infill. I have used tree supports and were easy to remove. Balls and sticks: The model was re-orientated using the Auto-orientation plugin in Cura. Printed at 0.2 resolution with wall 6 lines and 20% infill. I have used concentric supports, but I had difficulties removing them. The model snapped into several pieces in the process. I managed to glue it back together, but I would not print this again unless I could print the support with a soluble material.