- 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.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
microsatellite instability — (MSI) the presence of unusual microsatellite lengths in an individual, caused by defects in the DNA mismatch repair genes; it has been identified as a marker for a variety of cancers, both hereditary, such as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal… … Medical dictionary