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Before the characterization of TEA, mercurial compounds were among the only known blockers of AQP1, affecting both the constitutive water flux and the regulated ion conductance [ 6 10 ] . For AQP1 channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes, the block of osmotic water flux is 5% in 0.01 mM TEA, 21% in 1 mM TEA, and 36% in 10 mM TEA, as referenced to the osmotic water flux in control AQP1-expressing oocytes [ 5 ] . Data presented here show that the level of block by TEA is comparable or greater for AQP1 channels expressed in mammalian cells.
The cover story attributes teen-agers' mercurial behavior to underdeveloped brains.
Reviewing When We Were Kings, New York 's Denby says, "For younger viewers, there will be two revelations--not only the mercurial Ali but Norman Mailer at his most sympathetic and brilliant."
She isn't mercurial enough to be funny: She's just a narcissistic dope, and you come to feel contempt for anyone who'd swallow her bull.
Such heavy-handed conceptual humor is a far cry from Duchamp's mercurial wit, or from the visceral delight of Meret Oppenheim's Object (1936), the famous fur-lined teacup.