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various levels of hierarchy”, a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific
Research on Innovative Areas and “High-Tech Research
Center” Project for Waseda University from MEXT, Japan.
We thank Prof. H. Kurumizaka for providing access to Biacore
X-100. We also thank Dr. Y. Lu, National University of
Singapore and Dr. T. Shibue, Waseda University for helpful
discussions.
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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This study was partially supported by Special Coordination
Funds for Promoting Science and Technology “Development
of the advanced techniques for imaging molecular dynamics at
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