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However, the selected substitutions cannot always be conveniently rationalized: the R3-17 mutant differs from the wild-type T7 RNA polymerase at all the three amino acid positions (N748A; R756M; Q758S), replacing some amino acids with hydrophobic residues that do not likely form specific hydrogen-bonding interactions.
But the Federal Reserve then raised interest rates, beginning in February 1994, an action rationalized by entirely spurious fears of inflation.
On the basis of the known crystal structure of T7 RNA polymerase bound to a 17 base-pair, double-stranded promoter sequence, it appears that T7 promoter recognition occurs largely through direct or water-mediated hydrogen bonding [ 2 ] . The identities of at least some of the selected mutants can be rationalized on the basis of the known protein:DNA contacts.
Those inside the administration who were troubled by the constitutional implications of the CDA rationalized their cop out by saying that the law was sure to be overturned anyway--as indeed it was, in a 3-0 decision that gave three Philadelphia judges a welcome opportunity to sound like Oliver Wendell Holmes.
"At least they're getting stoned first," I rationalized.