The term Boston Brahmins refers to a class of wealthy, educated, elite members of Boston society in the nineteenth century. The Boston Brahmins have long held the interest of casual and professional historians because of their unique place in nineteenth-century American culture.
For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation) and D&D (disambiguation). Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast (now a subsidiary of Hasbro) since 1997.
Vitamin D response element (VDRE) is a DNA sequence that is found in the promoter region of vitamin D regulated genes. The receptor for 1,25(OH)2D (VDR) binds to and regulates the expression of some genes. These response elements typically consist of two conserved hexameric half-sites separated by a three nucleotide spacer, referred to as a DR3 type element.