Aside from the genetic material of the cell, nucleic acids often play a role as second messengers, as well as forming the base molecule for adenosine triphosphate, the primary energy-carrier molecule found in all living organisms.

Occasionally, during off-peak times, only one base dealer will be attending the table, rendering only half the table open for bettors or one of the two base dealers will assume the role of the stickman.

In Doom, players assume the role of a space marine, popularly known as " Doomguy ", who must fight his way through a military base on Mars ' moon, Phobos, and kill the demons from Hell.

During the Second World War nearby Thorney Island was used as a Royal Air Force base, playing a role in the Battle of Britain.

During the siege, Gibraltar played a key role as the supply base of the besieged.

Haiti, however, played no role in the war except for supplying the United States with raw materials and serving as a base for a United States Coast Guard detachment.

But as the Pacific War soon shifted west, the island's role changed from being a combat outpost to a refueling and resupply base for American aircraft and submarines.

Adenauer headed Cologne during the First World War, working closely with the army to maximize the city's role as a rear base of supply and transportation for the Western Front.

As the DC's role was ended, the 1919 PPI strongholds and the DC's traditional heartlands were to become Lega Nord's power base, while the successor parties of the DC continued to be key political actors only in the South, where the clientelistic way of government practised by the Christian Democrats and their allies had left a mark.

" The party took a central role, but tried as far as possible to base its policy on mutual understanding and compromise.

One of the first weapons designed for this role was the Madsen machine gun, which, though having a limited magazine capacity, was still more than that of the typical infantry rifle, and it gave the infantry a base of fire weapon that was more suited to maneuver warfare than the bulkier machine guns of the period, such as the MG 08.

On the web site, Hand Made in America, they look at agritourism as a "... niche market not only assists communities with solutions to help diversify their economic base, but it also helps our regional urban centers and increasingly suburban populations to understand the important role that farming and rural life plays in our history, by highlighting the need for it in our contemporary society.

Sydney Harbour played an important role during World War II after a Royal Canadian Navy base,, was established to stage supply convoys bound for Europe.

Fort Battleford has been declared a National Historic site of Canada to commemorate its role as military base of operations for Cut Knife Hill, Fort Pitt, as a refuge for 500 area settlers and its role in the Siege of Battleford.

From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century its principal role was as a military base with a large garrison.

In its military role, the base became known as Davis-Monthan Army Air Field on 3 December 1941.

Berg and Rosselli state that the genus is characterized by some unusual traits: spathes fully enclosing the flower-bearing parts of the inflorescences until anthesis, patches of dense indumentums ( trichilia ) producing Mullerian ( food ) at the base of the petiole, and anthers becoming detached at anthesis ( Berg and Rosselli, 2005 ). Cecropia is most studied for its ecological role and association with ants.

It kept a rural air well into the 19th century in its important role as a base for a number of dairies supplying the capital.

Similar to the development trajectory observed by other U. S. suburban areas, Jefferson began to enjoy a significant employment base by the 1970s and 1980s, shedding its earlier role as a simple bedroom community.

At the end of the century French troops led by Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Arezzo, but the city soon turned into a resistance base against the invaders with the " Viva Maria " movement, winning the city the role of provincial capital.

Nearly any role could become the base material for an erotic experience, and there is no limit to what objects an individual could consider sexual.

Commercial fishing has also played an important role in the economic base of the community.

In such cases, the remainder of the system with high thermal resistance ( comparatively low conductivity ) plays the role of the resistor in the circuit.

The role of the collector resistor is to convert the collector current into voltage ; its resistance is chosen high enough to saturate the transistor and low enough to obtain low output resistance ( high fan-out ).

A new South is emerging after the post-bellum years of hesitation, uncertainty, and lack of action from the Negro in defining his new role in the amorphously defined socio-political organizations of the white man.

The book concerned with the Negro's role in an urban society is rare indeed ; ;

Great stress is placed on the role that the monitoring of information sending plays in maintaining the effectiveness of the network.

To perpetuate wealth control led by small groups of individuals who played no role in its creation prevents those with real initiative from coming to the fore, and is basically anti-democratic.

I am not aware of great attention by any of these authors or by the psychotherapeutic profession to the role of literary study in the development of conscience -- most of their attention is to a pre-literate period of life, or, for the theologians of course, to the influence of religion.

He went on to say: `` In the first place, industry per se is not dedicated to the role of savior of foundering municipalities.

In the over-all process, it is difficult to assign a `` pure '' role to each constituent of a built-detergent formulation ; ;

There is some evidence that naturally occurring goitrogens may play a role in the development of goitre, particularly in Tasmania and Australia ( Clements and Wishart, 1956 ).

In view of the important role which emotional disturbances play in the genesis of neurotic and psychotic disorders and the parallelism observed between autonomic states and psychological behavior in several instances, it is further suggested that a hypothalamic imbalance may play an important role in initiating mental changes.

Correlatively, can we reduce the role of the district courts, so that the action is that of the people of the community or other school district and not that of the law court??

Perhaps the very important question -- What is, then, exactly the role of kinesthetic sensations in the patient's ability to recognize forms and shapes by means of the tracing movements when he is actually looking at things??

In a growing number of American homes, marriage counselors report, the wife is taking a commanding role in sexual relationships.

It is only natural that she assert herself in the sexual role.

A world in which wives have taken a more active role is likely to produce sexual relationships in which wives are more self-assertive, too ''.

The latter plays a prominent role in Roman Catholic theology and is considered decisive, entirely apart from Scripture, in determining the ethical character of birth-prevention methods.

The role of an earthquake in starting the destruction of whole cities is tremendously frightening, but fire may actually be the principal agent in a particular disaster.

She may well be incapacitated by it when she is confronted with present and future alternatives -- e.g., whether to prepare primarily for a career or for the role of a homemaker ; ;

The vulnerability of Protestantism to social differences stems from the peculiar role of the new religious style in middle-class life, where the congregation is a vehicle of social and economic group identity and must conform, therefore, to the principle of economic integration.

Now a quiet-spoken, middle-aged man, Fiedler is an aeronautical engineer for Lockheed's Missiles and Space Division at Sunnyvale, where he played a key role in the development of the Navy's Polaris missile.

What ought to be, what is his potential role as a force for constructive social change??

Obviously, much more than customer expectation is determining the realtor's role.

Dolores Hart, is charming in a leading role, and quite believable.

Then there is a matchmaker, one Mikeen Flynn, a role for which Eddie Foy was happily selected.