acta
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These mutations restrict the ability of p53 to acta as a "cancer brake" p53 and to prevent the development and progression of cancer.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
The Wizards probably didn’t need Webster to prove his toughness through an otherwise meaningless preseason game but the acta was consistent with his sacrifice for the team.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2013
If Pertinax talks mystery I will class him with the other foxes who slink into holes when the agenda look like becoming acta.
From Caesar Dies by Talbot Mundy
On the other hand, we possess a long series of the acta or minutes of their proceedings, drawn up by themselves, and inscribed on stone.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
The acta diurna, or journals of public events, were the daily manuscript reports of the Roman Government during the later commonwealth.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppee