SHEAVE
\ʃˈiːv], \ʃˈiːv], \ʃ_ˈiː_v]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A grooved wheel in a block, mast, yard, etc., on which a rope works: the wheel of a pulley: a shiver: a sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
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To bring together into sheaves: to collect into a sheaf or into sheaves.
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.-.