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This may indicate that L1 element poly(A) tails shorten over time, obscuring their identification [ 24], while TSDs stay intact.
Changes to be announced shortly "are not expected to alter the key part, where the demon is ordered to leave the person, but to shorten the accompanying prayers and invocations."
We speculated that alanine substitution or deletion in the loop of the p51 subunit may shorten the interacting sphere of the loop which may not be able to induce opening of the polymerase cleft in p66, which is essential for DNA binding.
21 Shorter periods for construction permit authorization would allow earlier commencement of construction activities and could potentially shorten the overall schedule.
And the Los Angeles Times lead is the National Institutes of Health's plans to dramatically shorten the government approval process for drugs, which could mean much faster access to new medicines, a story on nobody else's front.