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-[![build](https://github.com/haddocking/DeepRank-GNN-esm/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/haddocking/DeepRank-GNN-esm/actions/workflows/build.yml)
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+# :bell: Archiving Note
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+Since DeepRank-GNN is no longer in active development, we migrated our DeepRank-GNN-esm version to our new repo at [haddocking/DeepRank-GNN-esm](https://github.com/haddocking/DeepRank-GNN-esm). 
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+For details refer to our publication at https://academic.oup.com/bioinformaticsadvances/article/4/1/vbad191/7511844
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+:snowflake: This repository is now frozen. :snowflake:
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 # DeepRank-GNN-esm
 Graph Network for protein-protein interface including language model features