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Remon van Geel1, Ger J M Pruijn, Floris L van Delft

  • 1Biomolecular Chemistry, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Institute for Molecules and Materials and Netherlands Proteomics Centre, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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