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Structural characterization of unphosphorylated STAT5a oligomerization equilibrium in solution by small-angle X-ray scattering

  1. Pau Bernadó1,*,
  2. Yolanda Pérez1,
  3. Jascha Blobel1,
  4. Juan Fernández-Recio2,
  5. Dmitri I. Svergun3,4,
  6. Miquel Pons1,5,*

Article first published online: 10 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pro.83

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 18, Issue 4, pages 716–726, April 2009

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Bernadó, P., Pérez, Y., Blobel, J., Fernández-Recio, J., Svergun, D. I. and Pons, M. (2009), Structural characterization of unphosphorylated STAT5a oligomerization equilibrium in solution by small-angle X-ray scattering. Protein Science, 18: 716–726. doi: 10.1002/pro.83

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  1. 1

    Laboratory of Biomolecular NMR, Institute for Research in Biomedicine. Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac, 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

  2. 2

    Life Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Jordi Girona, 31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain

  3. 3

    European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Outstation, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany

  4. 4

    European Molecular Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 59, 117333 Moscow, Russia

  5. 5

    Departament de Química Orgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès, 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

*Laboratory of Biomolecular NMR, Institute for Research in Biomedicine. Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac, 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 MAR 2009
  2. Article first published online: 10 FEB 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 10 FEB 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 19 JAN 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 20 OCT 2008

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  • Spanish Ministry of Education-FEDER. Grant Number: BIO2007-63458
  • EU design study SAXIER. Grant Number: RIDS 011934
  • Generalitat de Catalunya
  • Spanish Ministry of Education
  • Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
  • European Community—Research infrastructure Action under the FP6 “Structuring the European research area program”. Grant Number: RII/2004/5060008

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