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  1. Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jan Tommassen, Marlies Struyvé & Hans de Cock

  2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Medical Biotechnology, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jan Tommassen, Marlies Struyvé & Hans de Cock

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Tommassen, J., Struyvé, M. & de Cock, H. Export and assembly of bacterial outer membrane proteins. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 61, 81–85 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580611

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