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Martin Jansen1,2, Gerhard Puetz3,4, Michael M Hoffmann3,4

  • 1Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Medical Centre - University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. martin.jansen@uniklinik-freiburg.de.

BMC Systems Biology
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Enzymology/enzyme mechanismLipid transfer proteinsLipid transportLipoprotein metabolismLipoproteins/kineticsMathematical model

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