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The coyote is smart, elusive.
Blacks aren't celebrating because they fear an economic downturn and because equality is still elusive.
Phosphorylation of Ser 505has been extensively studied because it is readily detected due to a characteristic electrophoretic mobility shift when analyzed by SDS-PAGE [ 13 16 ] . The importance of Ser 505phosphorylation in regulating cPLA 2 has been demonstrated in different cells and in vitro models by using cPLA 2 containing a S505A mutation [ 16 22 ] . However, the mechanism whereby Ser 505phosphorylation regulates cPLA 2 function has been elusive.
Readers should not for a moment think that my adverse criticism of Jeans's book has anything remotely to do with my own: the two are of entirely different purpose and scope, and I would have welcomed any help or new insight into some of the problems and questions that vex anyone trying to deal with such an elusive subject as nautical language.
One does wish that they had more to say about Sony and Columbia Pictures' misplaced faith in "synergy," since the search for that elusive ideal has run so spectacularly aground in other media deals.