FURZE
\fˈɜːz], \fˈɜːz], \f_ˈɜː_z]\
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The whin or gorse, a prickly evergreen bush with beautiful yellow lowers, so called from the likeness of its spines to those of the fir-tree.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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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.-.