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Fig. 1: Comparison of compound 1 and two related inhibitors.

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Walters, W.P., Murcko, M. Assessing the impact of generative AI on medicinal chemistry. Nat Biotechnol 38, 143–145 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0418-2

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