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Aviation Security: Long-Standing Problems Impair Airport Screeners' Performance (RCED-00-75, June 28, 2000).
This region can, by itself, activate transcription when targeted to the DNA via a heterologous DNA-binding domain [ 5 ] . On the other hand, the LRR plus C-terminal region of yCCR4 cannot mediate transcription activation, but is involved in protein-protein interactions [ 5 ] . The yCCR4 LRR is necessary for the binding of several components of the CCR4-NOT complex, including yPOP2 -and mCAF1- [ 11 ] , yDBF2 [ 2 ] , yCAF4 and yCAF16 [ 8 ] , and deletion of the yCCR4 N-terminus does not impair these associations.
Snippets from Starr's brief suggest nothing short of Absolute Power : "If a president were to murder a political opponent, he would argue that the resulting uproar could impair his legislative program, distract him from his duties, affect his dealings with foreign heads of state, and potentially give rise to impeachment proceedings--the very arguments raised by the White House here.
Equally important, gradual impairment of blood flow that nourishes tissues can lead to peripheral vascular disease, increased susceptibility to infection, cognitive decline, frailty, and other changes that impair life quality and longevity.
Abuses of civil liberties could create a backlash that would impair the collection of needed intelligence.