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Perhaps WE should all donate to Snob-ama, as it seems that the more he spends, the worse he does. * chuckle *

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  1. In the early Christian church, a large vessel in which wine for the eucharist was mixed before consecration, and kept when consecrated until poured into the smaller vessels for service at the altar or for removal. See ampulla, 2, and cruet. These amas were of precious metal in the wealthier churches, and of baser material in others. No specimen is known to exist. Also written hama.

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  • Perhaps WE should all donate to Snob-ama, as it seems that the more he spends, the worse he does. * chuckle * —  Latest Articles
  • The mutation, ama-1 (m130), in DR432 is dominant and maps near dpy-13 on linkage group IV. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • RNA polymerase II isolated from ama-1 / + heterozygotes contains equal proportions of two components, corresponding in alpha-amanitin sensitivity to the enzymes from DR432 and wild type. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Molecular cloning and sequencing of ama-1, the gene encoding the largest subunit of Caenorhabditis elegans RNA polymerase II. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • This position corresponds to ama-1 (resistance to alpha-amanitin), a gene shown previously to encode a subunit of RNA polymerase II. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. Latin, more correctly hama, from Greek ἂμη, a water-bucket, a pail, later aam, q. v.
 

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