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ENCODING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of converting data or information into code
Synonyms:
encoding; encryption
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("encoding" is a kind of...):
coding; cryptography; secret writing; steganography (act of writing in code or cipher)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "encoding"):
compression (encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required)
data encryption ((computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes)
Derivation:
encode (convert information into code)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb encode
Context examples:
Human autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) transduced with a retroviral vector encoding a T cell receptor (TCR) specific for the cancer-testis antigen NY-ESO-1, with potential antineoplastic activity.
(NY-ESO-1 Reactive TCR Retroviral Vector Transduced Autologous PBL, NCI Thesaurus)
A plasmid DNA encoding an immunogenic peptide derived from the cancer-testis antigen NY-ESO-1 with potential immunostimulating and antitumor activities.
(NY-ESO-1 Plasmid DNA Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A nonreplicating adenoviral vector (adenovector) encoding the melanoma differentiation-associated 7 gene (MDA7) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Adenovector Encoding MDA7, NCI Thesaurus)
All 6 genes encoding ORC (ORC1 through ORC6) may be required for initiation of DNA replication and are essential for viability.
(ORC Subunit Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
A prostate cancer vaccine containing mRNAs encoding prostate specific antigen (PSA), prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) and six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate (STEAP), with potential antitumor activity.
(mRNA-Derived Prostate Cancer Vaccine CV9103, NCI Thesaurus)
An artifact resulting in ghost images of a vessel extending across the image in the phase encoding direction.
(Accentuation of Pulsatile Flow Artifact, NCI Thesaurus)
Patched is the sonic hedgehog receptor, a protein with twelve transmembrane domains that represses transcription of genes encoding TGF Beta and WNT family signaling proteins.
(Patched, NCI Thesaurus)
An attenuated oncolytic Edmonston (Ed) strain of measles virus encoding the human thyroidal sodium iodide symporter (MV-NIS) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Oncolytic Measles Virus Encoding Thyroidal Sodium Iodide Symporter, NCI Thesaurus)
UL39 is replaced by the rat CYP2B1 gene, encoding a cytochrome P450 enzyme that activates oxazaphosphorines. rRp450 also expresses viral thymidine kinase, which activates the cancer prodrug ganciclovir.
(Oncolytic HSV-1 rRp450, NCI Thesaurus)
A plasmid DNA vaccine encoding the mouse tumor associated antigen tyrosinase-related protein-2 (TYRP2) with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.
(Murine TYRP2 Plasmid DNA Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
