2FNC1†Present address: Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
2FNC‡Present address: Division of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Novum, SE-14186 Stockholm, Sweden.
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