Intercalating Agents
"Intercalating Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D007364
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.470.410.360
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| Concept/Terms |
Intercalating Agents- Intercalating Agents
- Agents, Intercalating
- Intercalating Ligands
- Ligands, Intercalating
- Intercalators
- Intercalative Compounds
- Compounds, Intercalative
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