In mammals this control occurs primarily on the membranes of mitochondria, where the mortality decision for each cell is constantly reviewed under the supervision of the three contesting factions of the BCL-2 protein family.
A master manipulator of Lebanon's viciously contesting factions, he systematically bled Syria's enemies before helping to seal the accord in 1990 that ended 15 years of civil war and ensconced Syria as Lebanon's final arbiter.
It is true that the initiative for reconciliation and the end of the conflict appears stalled at present except that a truce between the contesting factions, which would halt the drift towards violence, is needed and possible.
He nods in agreement – then, unprompted, he mentions something else: "To some extent, I cannot escape presenting this as a contest between factions.
TRIPOLI, Libya — Saddled with infighting and undermined by the occasionally ruthless and undisciplined behavior of its fighters, the six-month-old rebel uprising against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is showing signs of sliding from a struggle to overthrow an autocrat into a murkier contest between factions and tribes.
Analysts attribute the violence variously to a battle between secular and religious blocs, to an intensification of a contest between factions within the country's elite that has been continuing since 1971 and to the result of a personal feud between Khaleda Zia, the leader of the BNP, 68, and Hasina Wajed, 66, prime minister and leader of the Awami League.
Analysts have variously described the violence as "a tussle between liberal and pro-democratic elements and non-democratic, anti-secular ones", an intensification of the contest between factions within the country's elite that has been going since Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan in a brutal civil war in 1971, or the result of a personal feud between Zia, 68, and Hasina, 66.
Final results are not expected until late November, at least, due to political factions contesting tallies.
If the Republicans cannot achieve their desired cuts in Medicare, they cannot get the tax cuts unless they scramble to slash elsewhere--sqeezing more from Medicaid, another volatile issue, and thus setting the contesting intra-party factions and Presidential candidates loose on an uncharted budget battlefield.
It was a local contest between rival factions whose victories and defeats mattered far less than the national propaganda war, a news media circus complete with heroes, villains and conspiracies.
There are large numbers of Korean and Latin American immigrants living in Ridgefield, but local politics remain mostly a contest between long-established factions within the white majority.
