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One well accepted hypothesis is that scaffolding proteins such as Ste5p and Pbs2p tether the MAPK module to the appropriate input and output components [ 31 ] . The recent identification of numerous Ste5p analogs in yeast and mammals makes this hypothesis even more intriguing [ 26 ] . Beyond scaffolding proteins, higher-order protein complexes have been hypothesized to play a role in maintaining signal specificity [ 32 ] . Our computational results suggest that this may indeed be the case.
Just as Kwanzaa, created in 1966, has returned many black Americans to their African heritage, so Hanukkah has helped tether Jews to their heritage and in some cases has brought them back to the fold.
At this moment, the word is most commonly used for the elastic tether by which daredevils attach themselves to a bridge or building before leaping off into space, a sport that was graphically depicted in the opening scene of the movie, To Live and Die in L.A.
A variation on this theme is that it might never be possible to construct a phosphosite mutant of Net1 that binds Cdc14 but fails to release it during anaphase, if the hydroxyl groups that are phosphorylated normally form critical hydrogen bonds that tether Cdc14 to Net1.
Its adherents tether their interpretations to plain meanings as they were understood when the text was first penned.