tethers

n.restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

同义词：leashlead

v.tie with a tether

"tether horses"

Transport-vesicle targeting: tethers before SNAREs.
Are desmosomes more than tethers for intermediate filaments?
CTCF tethers an insulator to subnuclear sites, suggesting shared insulator mechanisms across species
The Kinetics of L-selectin Tethers and the Mechanics of Selectin-mediated Rolling
Coats, tethers, Rabs, and SNAREs work together to mediate the intracellular destination of a transport vesicle.
Long Tethers Binding Redox Centers to Polymer Backbones Enhance Electron Transport in Enzyme “Wiring” Hydrogels
The WHI1+ gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae tethers cell division to cell size and is a cyclin homolog.
Lessons from X-chromosome inactivation: long ncRNA as guides and tethers to the epigenome
Insulin action on glucose transporters through molecular switches, tracks and tethers.
Interaction of the Bovine Papillomavirus E2 Protein with Brd4 Tethers the Viral DNA to Host Mitotic Chromosomes