SCARECROW
\skˈe͡əkɹə͡ʊ], \skˈeəkɹəʊ], \s_k_ˈeə_k_ɹ_əʊ]\
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By Noah Webster.
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A figure, usually a crude likeness of a man, set up to frighten birds away from crops; that which frightens without real cause; a person dressed in rags and tatters.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Proto Oncogene Proteins c erbB 2
- cell surface protein-tyrosine kinase that is found to be overexpressed in significant number adenocarcinomas. It has extensive homology can heterodimerize EGF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR), 3 receptor (RECEPTOR, 3) and the 4 receptor. Activation of erbB-2 receptor occurs during heterodimer formation with a ligand-bound erbB family members. EC 2.7.11.-.