Concept information
Preferred term
Intercalating Agents
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Agent, Intercalating
- Compound, Intercalative
- Compounds, Intercalative
- Intercalating Agent
- Intercalating Ligand
- Intercalating Ligands
- Intercalative Compound
- Intercalative Compounds
- Intercalator
- Intercalators
- Ligand, Intercalating
- Ligands, Intercalating
Scope note
- Agents that are capable of inserting themselves between the successive bases in DNA, thus kinking, uncoiling or otherwise deforming it and therefore preventing its proper functioning. They are used in the study of DNA.
History note
- 80
In other languages
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Finnish
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interkalatoiva aine
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007364
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