The canonical BFL1ΔC R88D variant totally retained such autonomous membrane-permeabilizing activity, whereas the equivalent canonical BAX R109D mutant virtually lost all of it (Fig. S4c).
In spite of this, it retained an autonomous administrative system that was conserved by the Christian Castilians when they took possession of the territory, almost without a struggle, in 1243.
Dr. Darren Mann, a consulting surgeon with experience in organ transplants in Hong Kong, which retained an autonomous health care system after the British returned the territory to Chinese rule in 1997, said that people with histories of intravenous drug use were likely to be overrepresented in prison populations and would be more likely to have fungal and bacterial infections.
Consistent with the existence of epigenetic differences in stem cells that limit trans-regional differentiation, clones frequently pushed into adjacent regions at the boundary, but retained their autonomous identity based on marker expression.
Kurdish leaders say they want to retain broad autonomous powers in the region, including the use of the pesh merga.
That language was inserted into the interim constitution to reassure the Kurds, who want to retain the autonomous status they have enjoyed since 1991.
General Aoun still insists that the militia must lay down its arms and submit to his authority, but Mr. Geagea says his forces must retain their autonomous status.
Likewise, the Shiites have chafed at demands by Kurdish leaders that the Kurds retain broad autonomous powers, including maintaining their formidable militia and controlling the vast oil fields around the northern city of Kirkuk.
This adoption solidified Jacob's ties to the court and meant that he could safely retain his autonomous domain as a Bulgarian vassal.
On top of that, two stretches of the pipeline traverse two of Southeast Asia's political hotspots, the Rakhine and Shan States, which retain semi-autonomous armies that have only just recently been nominally pacified.
