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oncogenicity

oncogenicity

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Noun

oncogenicity (countable and uncountable, plural oncogenicities)

  1. The state or degree of being oncogenic.
    • 1997 July 18, Klaus Scheffzek et al., “The Ras-RasGAP Complex: Structural Basis for GTPase Activation and Its Loss in Oncogenic Ras Mutants”, in Science, volume 277, number 5324, DOI:10.1126/science.277.5324.333, pages 333-338:
      The temperature factor distribution shows a local minimum for the L4 region (40 ), suggesting that binding of GAP to Ras results in stabilization of switch II. Structural basis for oncogenicity of Gly 12 mutants.

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