CRESSET
\kɹˈɛsɛt], \kɹˈɛsɛt], \k_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɛ_t]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] An open lamp, filled with combustible material, placed on a beacon, lighthouse, &c., or carried on a pole.
By Thomas Sheridan
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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.-.