WILSON SIR DANIEL
\wˈɪlsən sˌɜː dˈanjə͡l], \wˈɪlsən sˌɜː dˈanjəl], \w_ˈɪ_l_s_ə_n s_ˌɜː d_ˈa_n_j_əl]\
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A Canadian educator and archaeologist; born at Edinburgh, 1816; died at Toronto, Aug. 6, 1892. He was president of Toronto University from 1881. He wrote: "Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time" (1846-49); "Oliver Cromwell and the Protectorate" (1848); "Prehistoric Man" (1862); "Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland" (revised ed. 1863); "Chatterton" (1869); "Reminiscences of Old Edinburgh" (1878); "The Lost Atlantis" (1892), poems; etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.