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An overview is given on the diverse uses of computational chemistryin drug discovery. Particular emphasis is placed on virtualscreening, de novo design, evaluation of drug-likeness, andadvanced methods for determining protein-ligand binding.
Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA.
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