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Mulloy, B. (2018). Glycosaminoglycan (GAG). In: Roberts, G., Watts, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35943-9_75-1
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