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Weckwerth, W., Steuer, R. (2005). Metabolic Networks from a Systems Perspective. In: Vaidyanathan, S., Harrigan, G.G., Goodacre, R. (eds) Metabolome Analyses: Strategies for Systems Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25240-1_15

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