• Ku70

    Ku70

    Ku70 is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the XRCC6 gene.[5][6] Function Together, Ku70 and Ku80 make up the Ku heterodimer, which binds to DNA double-strand break ends and is required for the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway of DNA repair. It is also required for V(D)J recombination, which utilizes the NHEJ pathway to promote antigen diversity in the mammalian immune system. In addition to its role in NHEJ, Ku

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  • Ku80

    Ku80

    Ku80 is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the XRCC5 gene.[5] Together, Ku70 and Ku80 make up the Ku heterodimer, which binds to DNA double-strand break ends and is required for the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway of DNA repair. It is also required for V(D)J recombination, which utilizes the NHEJ pathway to promote antigen diversity in the mammalian immune system. In addition to its role in NHEJ, Ku is required

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  • Big Page of Hazel

    Big Page of Hazel

    The oldest confirmed hazel species is Corylus johnsonii found as fossils in the Ypresian-age rocks of Ferry County, Washington, USA

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  • Frangelico, a brand of noisette known for its unusual packaging

    Frangelico, a brand of noisette known for its unusual packaging

    Frangelico is a brand of noisette (flavored with hazelnuts) and herb-flavored liqueur coloured with caramel coloring, which is produced in Canale, Italy. It is 20% alcohol by volume (ABV) or 40 proof. Formerly, it was 24% ABV or 48 proof. When produced by the Barbaro family it was bottled at 28% ABV or 56 proof. The brand was created in 1978. It is known for its unusual packaging; its bottle was designed

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  • Rhabdomancy is a divination technique which involves the use of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like

    Rhabdomancy is a divination technique which involves the use of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like

    One method of rhabdomancy was setting a number of staffs on end and observing where they fall, to divine the direction one should travel, or to find answers to certain questions. It has also been used for divination by arrows (which have wooden shafts) – otherwise known as belomancy. Less commonly it has been assigned to

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  • Zinc, maybe

    Zinc, maybe

    No proof for the need of zinc in human cells was shown until the late 1930s. More than most ever wanted to know about zinc. A work in progress.

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  • The trefoil knot fold is a protein fold in which the protein backbone is twisted into a trefoil knot shape

    The trefoil knot fold is a protein fold in which the protein backbone is twisted into a trefoil knot shape

    “Shallow” knots in which the tail of the polypeptide chain only passes through a loop by a few residues are uncommon, but “deep” knots in which many residues are passed through the loop are extremely rare. Deep trefoil knots have been found in the SPOUT superfamily. including methyltransferase proteins involved in posttranscriptional RNA modification in all three domains of life, including bacterium Thermus thermophilus and

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  • Railroad Worms, Glowworm Beetles and Apple Maggots Wiki

    Railroad Worms, Glowworm Beetles and Apple Maggots Wiki

    Railroad worm Phengodidae Phrixothrix Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Phengodidae Genus: PhrixothrixOlivier, 1909 Species (several) A railroad worm is a larva or larviform female adult of a beetle of the genus Phrixothrix in the family Phengodidae, characterized by the possession of two different colors of bioluminescence. It has the appearance of a caterpillar. The eleven pairs of luminescent organs on their second

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  • Basil O’Connor (1892 – 1972) was an American lawyer

    Basil O’Connor (1892 – 1972) was an American lawyer

    In cooperation with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt he started two foundations for the rehabilitation of polio patients and the research on polio prevention and treatment. From 1944 to 1949 he was chairman and president of the American Red Cross and from 1945 to 1950 he was chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies.…

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