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It is generally accepted that genetic susceptibility to autoimmune diseases is conferred by multiple highly interactive genes that have small individual effects.
Alternatively, the lysine at codon 219 may be important for proper in vivo RT function such that the advantage conferred by increased AZT resistance does not adequately compensate for impaired RT function.
In contrast, our data showed that the 185delAG mutation, affecting the amino-terminal domain of BRCA1, conferred an increased apoptotic response with no caspase pathway preferentially selected.
The WP notes that this treatment is normally reserved for presidents or military leaders, adding that we've conferred this honor only 27 times in our history (the NYT says 26).
With the triumph of Christianity, the country was united under the Catholic Monarchs (Los Reyes Católicos), a title conferred by Pope Alexander VI on Ferdinand II of Aragón and Isabella I of Castile.