Ligand identification future improvements

In conclusion, while techniques for the prediction of low-resolution structures have improved, they still have a way to go before structure prediction becomes routine. Nevertheless, this is a very laudable goal because low-resolution structures are of considerable utility both in the identification of biochemical function and in ligand docking. Such efforts will have to be applied on a genomic scale if structure-based approaches to function prediction are to play a role in the post genomic era. A number of such efforts are underway, and doubtless there will be more in the future. 

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