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
So far as Governments are concerned, the adoption of a Report by their Delegates is res inter alios acta.
From Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) by Sir Thomas Erskine Holland
When about the year 131 B.C. the Annales were redacted into a complete form, the acta probably begun.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
The young solitary spoken of in the acta sanctorum of the Greeks, who after having quitted his cell through incontinency and disobedience, had incurred excommunication, could he receive the crown of martyrdom in that state?
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas