- replication error–positive
- rep·li·ca·tion er·ror–pos·i·tive (rep″lĭ-kaґshən erґər pozґĭ-tiv) a term sometimes used to denote the phenotype associated with microsatellite instability (q.v.).
Medical dictionary. 2011.
replication error–positive
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