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Pronunciation: /ˈloʊkəs/

locus

Definition

Specific place where something is located or occurs. It may refer to a specific place on the body (such as an acupuncture point) or the place on a chromosome where a specific gene is found.

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vaccine adjuvant

mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma

lymphatic fluid

vascular endothelial growth factor trap

SERM

Glycine max

histiocytic neoplasm

GEMOX

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anti-ErbB3 monoclonal antibody CDX-3379

Razadyne ER

fluorine F 18 DASA-23

allogeneic PD-L1 tumor-targeted high-affinity natural killer cells

oncolytic HSV-1-expressing IL-12, IL-15/IL-15-receptor alpha and PD-L1-blocking peptide VG161

personalized genomic vaccine 001

Zeven

autologous PD-1 nanobody-expressing anti-MSLN CAR T cells

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germline DNA

single nucleotide polymorphism

pseudogene

noncarrier

Southern blot

epimutation

mutation

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

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