Midas, king

As befits the son of a satyr, Midas was a king who loved the pleasures of this world. He ruled over Phrygia in Asia Minor, where he planted wonderful rose gardens. 

It seems this was just what Dionysus expected. Laughing, he told the king to bathe in the Pactolus River, which flowed from Mount Tmolus in Anatolia. On doing so, Midas found that his golden touch... 

Synthesis is regulated at several other places as well. After IMP is made the pathway splits to build either AMP or GMP. Enzyme XII, which catalyzes the first step from IMP to AMP, is itself slowed down by excess amounts of AMP. Similarly, the catalysis of the first step from IMP to GMP is inhibited by excess GMP. (Unlike King Midas, the enzymes can tell when they have too much of a good thing.) Finally, Enzyme XII uses GTP as an energy pellet because, if a lot of GTP is around, more A nucleotides (AMR, ADP and ATP) are needed to keep the supply in balance. The final step in the synthesis of GMP uses ATP as an energy source for similar reasons. ... 

Mix, designated G71. King Midas had resulted from x-ray treatment and had been selected because of its clear, orange flower color (1). It was assumed, and later proven, that King Midas contributed genetic factors for mite susceptibility. 

The small population resulted from several difficulties which were Inherent in King Midas it was pollen sterile and the plant had low vigor. It was necessary to identify a susceptible Inbred line which could be used in genetic studies. A survey of available genetic material resulted in the acquisition of G60, a pink flowered mite-susceptible line. In addition, the survey indicated that a highly resistant line, G54, satisfied the criteria for genetic studies it was used to replace G71, the original resistant parent. 

Morphological-Anatomical Studies. Chang studied the leaf surface characteristics of King Midas (610), the original susceptible parent, and G54 the new resistant parent. She also sectioned leaves to determine the thickness of the cuticle and epidermal cells of each phenotype. Prior to conducting her studies she established the resistance of each phenotype by the leaf disc technique. The results are best illustrated by the number of eggs oviposited on the adaxlal and abaxlal surfaces ... 

While his personal life can hardly be described as a great success, his wealth continued to grow. Like King Midas everything that he touched seemed to turn into gold, even if there were also some economic setbacks. This was particularly true in France, where some of his associates in the French dynamite companies... 

In despair Midas was compelled to ask the god to take back his dangerous gift. He was ordered to bathe in the river Pactolus. As the Jordan washed away the leprous scales from Naaman so did the Pactolus wash the golden touch from Midas. Where the king trod as he entered the water the sands were turned to gold, in proof of which the sands of the river, even to this day, yield alluvial gold to him who works for it. 

In the fourth century BC, King Midas in the city of Gordium in what is now the nation of Turkey tied his ox-cart/chariot to a post with an intricate knot. It was prophesied that whoever could undo the knot would become the next king of Persia. In 333 BC, Alexander the Great attempted to untie the knot. He could not find an end to the rope, so he simply cut through the knot with his sword. He went on to conquer most of the known world, including Persia. 

When this microbial community in your intestine gets unbalanced, odd things happen. One man got a yeast infection in his gut. The yeast did what they do in a brewer s vat—they fed on sugars and fermented them to ethanol. When this man ate bread, the yeast helpfully turned the carbs to ethanol and he ended up drunk, even though alcohol had not passed his lips. Like a beer commercial s King Midas, every carb he ate turned to alcohol, thanks to the yeast chemistry in his gut. 

There is so much to do. You can wander off in space or in time, set out for Tierra del Fuego or for King Midas s court. . . You can build castles in Spain, steal the Golden Fleece, discover Atlantis, realise your childhood dreams and adult ambitions. 

Another case of isotope detective work involves the tomb of King Midas, who ruled the kingdom Phyrgia in the eighth century b.c. 

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