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 Please refer to the [guidelines for contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) for any 
 suggestions or bug report.
 
-## Citation
+<!--## Citation-->
 
-If you use this software, please quote the following reference(s):
+<!--If you use this software, please quote the following reference(s):-->
 
-> Rieping W., Habeck M., Bardiaux B., Bernard A., Malliavin T.E.,
-Nilges M.(2007) ARIA2: automated NOE assignment and data integration in NMR
-structure calculation. Bioinformatics 23:381-382
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+<!--Nilges M.(2007) ARIA2: automated NOE assignment and data integration in NMR-->
+<!--structure calculation. Bioinformatics 23:381-382-->
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