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Title: Secondary Messenger
Author [personal profile] mafief
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: Four haikus
Content notes: Maybe slash (if you want it to be). Major character death (if you want it to be). Warning: liberal use of scientific terminology.
Summary: Secondary messenger: n. A substance whose release within a cell is promoted by a hormone and that brings about a response by the cell. Examples of secondary messengers are calcium, cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), and inositol triphosphate (IP3)



Adrenaline binds
cAMP starts cascades
The game is afoot

Acetylcholine
Mobilizes calcium spikes
Processing puzzles

Dopamine signals
IP3 binds to targets
Caresses affirm

Misregulation
Uncontrolled cell division
Stills the Doctor’s hands

Comments

smallhobbit: (Holmes Watson deerstalker)
[personal profile] smallhobbit wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2017 04:15 pm (UTC)
Extremely clever!
mafief: (Default)
[personal profile] mafief wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2017 04:37 pm (UTC)
Thank you. :)

But, SmallHobbit, I killed a Watson!!! Well, implied killed a Watson, but still. Arg, feeling slightly bad for doing it (and I know I'm being silly dramatic).
smallhobbit: (JWP 2016)
[personal profile] smallhobbit wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2017 04:39 pm (UTC)
I kill a Watson at least once a year - it's [personal profile] scfrankles who objects ;)
mafief: (Default)
[personal profile] mafief wrote:
Sep. 10th, 2017 04:56 pm (UTC)
Lol, noted.
Ha! Your icon is wonderful but NOT helping my guilt. :P

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