What (who) is Promoting a Devil - definition
Promoting a Devil
SHORT STORY BY LEO TOLSTOY
The Imp and the Crust
Promoting a Devil (also translated as The Imp and the Crust) is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1886. (Tolstoy used the same plot for a play titled The First Distiller written later in the same year).
Anaphase-promoting complex
A UBIQUITIN LIGASE COMPLEX THAT DEGRADES MITOTIC CYCLINS AND ANAPHASE INHIBITORY PROTEIN, THEREBY TRIGGERING SISTER CHROMATID SEPARATION AND EXIT FROM MITOSIS. SUBSTRATE RECOGNITION BY APC OCCURS THROUGH DEGRADATION SIGNALS, THE MOST COMMON OF WHICH
Anaphase Promoting Complex; Anaphase promoting complex; APC/C; Cyclosome; Anaphase-promoting complex/Cyclosome; Anaphase-promoting complex-cyclosome
Anaphase-promoting complex (also called the cyclosome or APC/C) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that marks target cell cycle proteins for degradation by the 26S proteasome. The APC/C is a large complex of 11–13 subunit proteins, including a cullin (Apc2) and RING (Apc11) subunit much like SCF.
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![Statue of the devil in the [[Žmuidzinavičius Museum]] or Devil's Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/022 devil representation.JPG?width=200 "Statue of the devil in the [[Žmuidzinavičius Museum]] or Devil's Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania")
![[[Iblis]] (top right on the picture) refuses to prostrate before the newly created [[Adam]] from a [[Persian miniature]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam honored.jpg?width=200 "[[Iblis]] (top right on the picture) refuses to prostrate before the newly created [[Adam]] from a [[Persian miniature]].")
![National Museum]] in [[Warsaw]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Backer Judgment (detail).JPG?width=200 "National Museum]] in [[Warsaw]].")
![A fresco detail from the [[Rila Monastery]], in which demons are depicted as having grotesque faces and bodies](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Devils-from-Rila-monastery.jpg?width=200 "A fresco detail from the [[Rila Monastery]], in which demons are depicted as having grotesque faces and bodies")
![[[Satan]] (the dragon; on the left) gives to the beast of the sea (on the right) power represented by a [[sceptre]] in a detail of panel III.40 of the medieval French [[Apocalypse Tapestry]], produced between 1377 and 1382.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La tenture de lApocalypse (Angers) (2).jpg?width=200 "[[Satan]] (the dragon; on the left) gives to the beast of the sea (on the right) power represented by a [[sceptre]] in a detail of panel III.40 of the medieval French [[Apocalypse Tapestry]], produced between 1377 and 1382.")
![A lion-faced deity found on a Gnostic gem in [[Bernard de Montfaucon]]'s ''L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures'' may be a depiction of the Demiurge.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lion-faced deity.jpg?width=200 "A lion-faced deity found on a Gnostic gem in [[Bernard de Montfaucon]]'s ''L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures'' may be a depiction of the Demiurge.")
![Ahriman Div being slain during a scene from the [[Shahnameh]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings Wellcome L0035183.jpg?width=200 "Ahriman Div being slain during a scene from the [[Shahnameh]]")
SUPERNATURAL ENTITY THAT IS A PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL AND ENEMY OF A GOD OR GODS AND/OR HUMANKIND
The Devil and his names; Djabelek; Diabolus; שָׂטָן; Devilish; Prince of Evil; Prince of the air; Lord of Darkness; Prince of the power of the air; Prince of the Devils; Dark Lord (religious); Dark Lord (theism); Unjust devil; Unjust Devil; 😈; Diuil; Diuils; No devil; Existence of the Devil; List of named devils; Devil (Christianity); Devilkin
I. n.
1.
Satan, Luciter, Belial, Apollyon, Arch-fiend, Arch-enemy, the Tempter, Deuce, the Evil One, the Man of Sin, the Wicked One, the Old Serpent, the Prince of Darkness, the Foul Fiend, the Enemy, the Adversary. See <a href="">apollyona>.
2.
Demon, evil spirit, goblin.
3.
Printer's devil, printer's errand-boy.
II. v. a.
1.
Make devilish or fiendish.
2.
Spice excessively, make hot or burning with spices.
