SPAMDEX
\spˈamdɛks], \spˈamdɛks], \s_p_ˈa_m_d_ɛ_k_s]\
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(Presumably from "spam", "index") wordspamming."Spamdexing has come a long way from the halcyon days of thesummer of 1995. Back then, all one needed to do was add theword 'sex' a thousand times at the end of a Web page toattract attention from the likes of Lycos. The search-engineoperators caught on fast" -- Andrew Leonard, Hotwired 1996(http://packet.com/packet/leonard/96/32/index3a.html).
By Denis Howe
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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.-.