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Reconsidering ideas regarding the evolution of peroxisomes: the case for a mitochondrial connection

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Speijer, D. Reconsidering ideas regarding the evolution of peroxisomes: the case for a mitochondrial connection. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 71, 2377–2378 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-013-1507-x

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