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Karin Kühnel1, Thomas Jarchau, Eva Wolf

  • 1Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Abteilung Strukturelle Biologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.

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