PLICATION
\plɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \plɪkˈeɪʃən], \p_l_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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A folding or putting together in folds. Specifically an operation for reducing the size of a hollow viscus by taking folds or tucks in its walls.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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bcr v abl Oncogene
- Retrovirus-associated DNA sequences (abl) originally isolated from Abelson murine leukemia virus (Ab-MuLV). proto-oncogene abl (codes for a protein that member tyrosine kinase family. human c-abl gene is located at 9q34.1 on the long arm of chromosome 9. It activated by translocation to bcr 22 in chronic myelogenous leukemia.