ICHNEUMON
\ˈɪknjuːmən], \ˈɪknjuːmən], \ˈɪ_k_n_j_uː_m_ə_n]\
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By Princeton University
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small carnivorous animal in Egypt, famed for destroying the crocodile's eggs: an insect which lays its eggs on the larvae of other insects.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.-.