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proto-oncogene proteins c-raf(medicine)
proto-oncogene proteins(medicine)
proto-oncogene proteins c-kit(medicine)
proto-oncogene proteins c-myc(medicine)
proto-oncogene proteins c-mos(medicine)
proto-oncogene proteins c-met(medicine)
proto-oncogene proteins c-fos(medicine)
proto-oncogene proteins c-bcl-2(medicine)

proto-oncogene proteins c-bcl-2 (medicine) and preacher (iou)


proto-oncogene proteins c-bcl-2 (medicine)


proto-oncogene proteins c-bcl-2
Membrane proteins encoded by the bcl-2 genes and serving as a potent inhibitor of cell death by apoptosis. The proteins are found on mitochondrial, microsomal, and nuclear membrane sites within many cell types. Overexpression of bcl-2 proteins, due to a translocation of the gene, is associated with follicular lymphoma.


preacher (iou)



preacher noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman prech(o)ur, Old French prech(e)or from ecclesiastical Latin praedicator, formed as PREDICATE verb: see -ER2.]
A person who preaches, esp. one whose function it is to preach the gospel, a minister of Religion; spec. a person licensed to preach. ME.
lay preacher: see LAY adjective. local preacher: see LOCAL adjective.
S. Pepys To church, and there being a lazy preacher I slept out the sermon.
In full friar preacher. A Dominican friar. Cf. preaching friar s.v. PREACH verb. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
the Preacher, Solomon as supposed speaker in the Book of Ecclesiastes. Also, that book of the Bible. M16.
Comb.: preacher-man US dial. a male preacher.
preacheress noun a female preacher M17.
preacherly adjective of or pertaining to a preacher or preachers E20.
preachership noun the position or office of preacher M17.