NICHOLAS BIDDLE
\nˈɪkələs bˈɪdə͡l], \nˈɪkələs bˈɪdəl], \n_ˈɪ_k_ə_l_ə_s b_ˈɪ_d_əl]\
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A noted American financier and writer; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 8, 1786; died there, Feb. 27, 1844. He was president of the United States Bank 1823-39, during Jackson's war against its being the depository of the government moneys, and the later speculations which ruined it. Besides miscellaneous writings, he published a "Commercial Digest", and "History of the Expedition under Lewis and Clarke to the Pacific Ocean".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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.-.