POLLUTED
\pəlˈuːtɪd], \pəlˈuːtɪd], \p_ə_l_ˈuː_t_ɪ_d]\
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rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
By Princeton University
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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.