SMAD2 Protein (VIDEO)

Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)

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Tri-dimensional change in the SMAD2 protein, from an open configuration that allows the transcription factor to bind to DNA (in green) to a closed configuration that is incompatible with such binding (in red). Pau Martín-Malpartida and Maria J. Macias, IRB Barcelona.

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Pau Martín-Malpartida and Maria J. Macias, IRB Barcelona.

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