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2nd Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Childhood Leukaemia Investigation Prague Prague Czech Republic

Department of Bioenergetics Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Science Prague Czech Republic

Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research College of Medical and Dental Sciences University of Birmingham Birmingham United Kingdom

Laboratory of Structural Biology and Cell Signalling Institute of Microbiology Academy of Science of the Czech Republic Prague Czech Republic

University Hospital Motol Prague Czech Republic

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