HARVEST BUG
\hˈɑːvɪst bˈʌɡ], \hˈɑːvɪst bˈʌɡ], \h_ˈɑː_v_ɪ_s_t b_ˈʌ_ɡ]\
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Another name for Leptus autumnalis, the larva of a species of Trombidium that bores more or less completely into the skin, producing inflammatory wheals or papules with violent itching. It is oval in shape, brick-red in color, 1/3 to 1/2 mm. in length, and just visible to the naked eye.
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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.-.