PROTECTIVE
\pɹətˈɛktɪv], \pɹətˈɛktɪv], \p_ɹ_ə_t_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_v]\
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Serving to keep safe; defensive; serving to foster home industries; as, a protective tariff.
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Protectively.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Affording or suitable for protection; sheltering.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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.-.