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We favor the possibility that the poor reporter expression reflects inefficient transcriptional activity of these promoters at this developmental stage.
In summary, SKP2 overexpression caused transient upregulation of cyclin A expression and CDK2 activity, but was inefficient in promoting S phase entry of MIB-arrested LNCaP cells.
The magazine also warns that China's economic reforms might stall if it doesn't dismantle its inefficient state enterprises, something Deng was unwilling to do.
Despite the chemical and physical differences between the E. coli cytoplasm and the environment in which the T. acidophilum intein is functioning in vivo, we found no indications that self-splicing of the intein was inefficient in E. coli.
There's so much evidence on this point that in 1986, both parties in Congress agreed that tax subsidies are, at best, an inefficient way to promote desired behavior, since most of the money goes to pay for things that are going to happen anyway.