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It requires fiber-fiber contact that impedes the free twisting of one or both structures.
It impedes any countervailing forces for social equality.
The allergy impedes the careers of medical professionals because latex gloves are required by many hospitals and medical offices.
Bcl-2 impedes the subcellular trafficking of p53, inhibits downstream adapters necessary for stimulation of the apoptotic caspases, and can act as an antioxidant [ 15 28 ] .
In another report, micro-injection of PP1 decreased extractability of pRB from nuclei, presumably by increasing dephosphorylation and increasing association with nuclear proteins thereby playing a role in G1/S transition inhibition [ 13 ] . Micro-injection of antibodies to the PP1 catalytic subunit has been shown to block cells in metaphase [ 23 ] . Since this is the time during mitosis when pRB is normally dephosphorylated [ 11 24 ] , it is tempting to speculate that prevention of pRB dephosphorylation by inhibiting PP1 activity impedes an orderly progression through mitosis, perhaps contributing towards a transformed phenotype.