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Nature structural & molecular biologyauthors
Huo J,Le Bas A,Ruza RR,Duyvesteyn HME,Mikolajek H,Malinauskas T,Tan TK,Rijal P,Dumoux M,Ward PN,Ren J,Zhou D,Harrison PJ,Weckener M,Clare DK,Vogirala VK,Radecke J,Moynié L,Zhao Y,Gilbert-Jaramillo J,Knight ML,Trdoi
10.1038/s41594-020-00527-9subject
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