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Deep learning in modelling the protein–ligand interaction: new pathways in drug development

Barykin AD1,2, Chepurnykh TV1, Osipova ZM1,3
About authors

1 Shemyakin–Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

2 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Dolgoprudny, Russia

3 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Zinaida Mikhailovna Osipova
Miklukho-Maklaya, 16/10, Moscow, 117997, Russia; ur.hcbi@avoksakz

About paper

Funding: the study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant, project № 22-44-02024 (https://rscf.ru/project/22-44-02024/).

Author contribution: Barykin AD — literature review, manuscript writing, Chepurnykh TV — concept, literature review, manuscript writing and editing, Osipova ZM — project management, manuscript editing.

Received: 2023-12-06 Accepted: 2024-01-22 Published online: 2024-02-08
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