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We are grateful to the the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y
Ciencia (CTQ2007-62288/BQU, Consolider Ingenio 2010,
CSD2006-0003, “Juan de la Cierva” fellowship to C.G.) and
the Generalitat de Catalunya (2005SGR007777) and Distinc-
tion for Research Promotion (CC) 2003 for financial sup-
port. We are grateful to Graham Eastman for kindly provid-
ing us with ligand 2.
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