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The first six cohorts of males contained an insertion of the rtTA construct called rtTA(3)E2 that is associated with moderate levels of target-gene expression and low levels of leaky expression in the absence of DOX [ 33].
The lower levels of Smad1, Smad4, Az and SNIP1 in lane 1 compared with those in lane 10 suggest that the leaky signaling by the overexpressed ALK3, which we have demonstrated recently [ 39 ] , caused a constitutive reduction of Smad4, Az and SNIP1 level that is dependent upon the activation of Smad1.
The Coloureds, fathered by whites upon Hottentots, are poor and therefore good, naturally qualified by their lack of book-learning to fix a broken gadget or a leaky faucet.
At the same time, it is important to point out that in the present studies, fs-α 1S expression is under the control of a viral promoter and that in this hybrid viral-mammalian expression system, the rules pertaining to leaky ribosomal scanning may be different.
6C) favor the explanation that 1) fs-α 1S recovers DHPR function by virtue of expressing two complementary fragments of α 1S and 2) the expression of the C-terminal half of α 1S by fs-α 1S is likely to occur by leaky ribosomal scanning.