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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

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ride_4ever: (Taming the Muse)
[personal profile] ride_4ever wrote:
Sep. 11th, 2017 08:21 pm (UTC)
The very first fic I ever posted was a story written in fifty stanzas of tanka (because I am poetry-crazy like that).
mafief: (Default)
[personal profile] mafief wrote:
Sep. 12th, 2017 10:42 pm (UTC)
Wow! That's awesome! :) what fandom was it for or was it an original work?
ride_4ever: made for me by oldtoadwoman (Default)
[personal profile] ride_4ever wrote:
Sep. 12th, 2017 11:15 pm (UTC)
It was for due South, the fandom of my heart *points to icon*.
mafief: (Default)
[personal profile] mafief wrote:
Sep. 13th, 2017 01:23 am (UTC)
Nice. I watched due South years ago and I remember liking it. ,
:::points at icon::: hey them's fightin' words :P ;) (I'm being silly)
But in all seriousness, thanks for reading outside your fandom.
ride_4ever: made for me by oldtoadwoman (Always on My Mind)
[personal profile] ride_4ever wrote:
Sep. 13th, 2017 01:43 am (UTC)
*smiles and points to less aggressive icon*

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