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However, if end-on attachments were to be more stable at one centrosome, they would delay this conversion and create a drag on the CENP-E driven alignment.
If you wait too long, the low returns on cash can create a drag on returns.
But that could well create a drag on what has until now been China's top priority, economic development.
The effect is to pull up other long-term rates, including fixed-rate mortgages, which will create a drag on the US housing market.
Falling oil prices were likely to create a drag on the energy sector, with crude at its lowest level in over a month, below $64 a barrel.
Both forces feed on each other and create a drag on the economy.
The millions of homes built during the boom have created a drag on the current market as the owners surrender them to foreclosure.
But the roads have remained stubbornly clogged, creating a drag on commerce and the quality of life that has persisted here for generations.
Critics say that the sheer size and market dominance of state-owned enterprises creates a drag on the Chinese economy, with vast opportunities for corruption and waste and higher costs for consumers.
Builders, meanwhile, say that the slower permit process has created a drag on a business sector that is already struggling; their complaints have created a rift within the Corzine administration.
The country's infrastructure -- its vast electricity grid, telephone networks, oil and gas pipelines, and roads -- would have aged to a critical point, creating a drag on the economy and even emergency breakdowns.
