| CID | cellular immunodeficiency; charge injection device; chick infective dose; combined immunodeficiency ... |
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| ESI | elastase-specific inhibitor; enzyme substrate inhibitor; epidural steroid injection |
| Hypo | hypodermic, hypodermic injection |
| IDU | idoxuridine; injection or intravenous drug user; iododeoxyuridine |
| IEC | injection electrode catheter; International Electrotechnical Commission; intraepithelial carcinoma; ... |
| expression site | The location in the genome of the gene for the variable surface glycoprotein that is currently being expressed (an expression-linked copy) by the trypanosome (a parasitic protozoan which causes the disease African sleeping sickness). most of these sites are near the ends, or telomeres, of a chromosome. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| upstream activation site | A DNA sequence that regulates transcription like an enhancer but does notwork if its located downstream from a promoter. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fragile site | Places on chromosomes that tend to break more often than other places. These places also tend to be where chromosomal translocations (a type of chromosomal mutation) occur. (09 Oct 1997) |
| ligand binding site | The site on a protein's surface that binds a ligand; equivalent to the active site if the ligand is the substrate of an enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |