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Diol dehydratase-reactivating factor large subunit
PduG, the diol dehydratase-reactivating factor large subunit (also DdrA), is the alpha subunit of an ATP- and Mg2+-dependent reactivase that restores B12-dependent diol dehydratase PduCDE after suicide inactivation in bacterial Pdu microcompartments.
Diol reactivity and derivatives
Diol reactivity and derivatives covers the reactions of molecules bearing two hydroxyl groups, including cyclic acetal formation, carbonate synthesis, oxidative cleavage, and the pinacol rearrangement.
Diolkos
Diolkos: paved portage trackway across the Isthmus of Corinth, built probably under Periander in the 6th century BC, with 1.5 m gauge grooves, hauling ships and cargoes between the Saronic and Corinthian gulfs; used into the Byzantine era.
Diomede Falconio
Diomede Falconio (1842–1917) was an Italian Franciscan cardinal who served as Apostolic Delegate to Canada and then to the United States from 1902 to 1911.
Diomede Islands (острова Диомида)
Diomede Islands (острова Диомида): two Bering Strait islands, Big Diomede (Russia, Ratmanova/Imaqłiq) and Little Diomede (US, Krusenstern/Iŋaliq), 3.8 km apart, split by the International Date Line and US–Russia border, 21 hours apart.
Diomede, Alaska
Diomede (Inalik) is an Iñupiat city of about 115 people on Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait, 2.5 miles from Russian Big Diomede across the International Date Line, 21 hours behind it, reachable mainly by helicopter and living by subsistence hunting.
Diomedea
Diomedea (great albatrosses) is a Linnaean 1758 genus of six Southern Ocean albatross species, including the wandering, Amsterdam, Tristan, Antipodean, and royal albatrosses, threatened mainly by longline bycatch.
Diomedes (Διομήδης)
Diomedes (Διομήδης), son of Tydeus, king of Argos and leading Greek hero of the Trojan War in the Iliad; wounded Aphrodite and Ares, stole the Palladium with Odysseus, later settled in Italy.
Diomedes Botanical Garden
The Diomedes Botanical Garden is the largest botanical garden in Greece, located in Chaidari on the western edge of Athens and holding over 2,500 plant species.
Diomedes de Jesus
Diomedes de Jesus, known as 'Chú', born 1985, is a Colombian vallenato singer, second of four sons of Diomedes Díaz and Patricia Acosta, who records for Discos Fuentes.
Diomedes E. Logothetis
Diomedes E. Logothetis is a physiologist and pharmacologist at Northeastern University known for showing that G protein βγ subunits activate the cardiac muscarinic K+ channel.
Dion (Greece)
Dion (Greek: Δίον), meaning "the place of Zeus," is an archaeological site in Pieria, Greece, at the foot of Mount Olympus that served as the sacred city of the ancient Macedonian kingdom.
Dion and the Belmonts
Dion and the Belmonts, Bronx doo-wop quartet (Dion DiMucci, D'Aleo, Milano, Mastrangelo) formed 1957, named for Belmont Avenue; hits "I Wonder Why," "A Teenager in Love," "Where or When"; Dion left in 1960.
Dion Boucicault
Dion Boucicault, born Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot, was an Irish actor and playwright of the nineteenth century, known for the melodramas London Assurance, The Colleen Bawn, and The Shaughraun.
Dion Cools
Dion Cools (Dion-Johan Chai Cools, born 1996, Kuching) is a Malaysian defender at Cerezo Osaka, the first Malaysian in the J1 top flight; ex-Club Brugge, Midtjylland, Buriram; Malaysia's 41-cap, 6-goal right back after a 2021 FIFA-approved switch from Belgium youth teams.
Dion DiMucci
Dion DiMucci (born July 18, 1939, Bronx, New York), known as Dion, American singer of Dion and the Belmonts and solo star of "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer"; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (1989) and later blues recording artist.
Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin (born 1969, Leicester) is an English retired footballer, striker and later centre back, for Cambridge United, Manchester United, Coventry, and Aston Villa; 4 England caps in 1998; now a Homes Under the Hammer presenter and property investor.
Dion Gijswijt
Dion Gijswijt is a Dutch mathematician and professor at TU Delft known for the 2016 cap set bound proved with Jordan Ellenberg, for Gijswijt's sequence, and for winning the 2019 N.G. de Bruijn Prize.
Dion Jordan
Dion Jordan, defensive end from Oregon, taken third overall by the Miami Dolphins in the 2013 NFL Draft after trading up; three sacks in 26 Miami games, repeated suspensions, waived 2017, later Seahawks, Raiders, 49ers.
Dion Lennox
Dion Lennox, ring name of Andrzej Hughes-Murray (born 1998), WWE NXT wrestler and DarkState member; former college linebacker, LA Rams 2022 preseason, NXT Tag Team Champion.
Dion Lewis
Dion Lewis (Dion John Lewis, born 1990) is a retired NFL running back from Pittsburgh, a 2011 fifth-round pick who won Super Bowl LI with the Patriots and played for the Eagles, Browns, Patriots, Titans, and Giants.
Dion Markx
Dion Markx, full name Dion Wilhelmus Eddy Markx, is a Dutch-born Indonesian footballer who plays as a center-back for Persita Tangerang, on loan from Persib Bandung.
Dion Phaneuf
Dion Phaneuf, Canadian NHL defenceman (born Edmonton), drafted 9th overall 2003 by Calgary; Maple Leafs captain 2010-16; 1,048 games, 494 points; retired November 16, 2021.
Dion Timmer
Dion Timmer is a Dutch-born electronic music producer, born in 1999, who has released dubstep and bass music since 2014 on labels including Monstercat, Deadbeats, and Subsidia.
Dion Waiters
Dion Waiters, American shooting guard born 1991 in Philadelphia; Syracuse reserve, 4th overall pick of the 2012 NBA Draft by Cleveland, later Oklahoma City, Miami, and the 2020 champion Lakers.
Dion-Jacobson phase
The Dion-Jacobson phase is a family of layered perovskite compounds, with formulas like A′An−1BnO3n+1, where single interlayer cations bond both adjacent inorganic slabs, unlike the Ruddlesden-Popper phase.
Diona Reasonover
Diona Reasonover (born 1992, Detroit) is an American actor and writer, the Kasie Hines forensic scientist on CBS's NCIS since Season 15, also a WGA-nominated writer and Periodic Talks podcast co-host.
Dione (moon)
Dione is the fourth-largest moon of Saturn, an icy satellite about 1,123 km across that orbits every 2.7 days and is known for its bright wispy terrain.
Dione Regio
Dione Regio, a volcanic highland (regio) on Venus centered near 31.5°S, 328°E, 2,300 km across, named for the Greek Titaness; hosts Ushas, Innini, and Hathor Montes and possible pyroclastic deposits.
Dione Sims
Dione Sims is an American politician and community activist who won the 2026 Democratic primary for Texas's 25th congressional district and will face Republican incumbent Williams in November.