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
Antonium circumire veteranos, ut acta Cæsaris sancirent; that is, He made in his canvassing the round, from first to last;—stronger than ambire, which would only express his canvassing, and addressing the veterans in general.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
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 Christmas, Henry
In the second chamber this motion was simply laid ad acta, but in the first it was recommended that the king should consider it.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
