"Ethidium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A trypanocidal agent and possible antiviral agent that is widely used in experimental cell biology and biochemistry. Ethidium has several experimentally useful properties including binding to nucleic acids, noncompetitive inhibition of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, and fluorescence among others. It is most commonly used as the bromide.
| Descriptor ID |
D004996
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.300.633.416
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| Concept/Terms |
Ethidium Bromide- Ethidium Bromide
- Bromide, Ethidium
- Homidium Bromide
- Bromide, Homidium
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ethidium" by people in Profiles.
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Oxidative-nitrosative stress in a rabbit pup model of germinal matrix hemorrhage: role of NAD(P)H oxidase. Stroke. 2009 Jun; 40(6):2191-8.
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Fitting periplasmic membrane fusion proteins to inner membrane transporters: mutations that enable Escherichia coli AcrA to function with Pseudomonas aeruginosa MexB. J Bacteriol. 2008 Jan; 190(2):691-8.
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Analysis of the topology of Vibrio cholerae NorM and identification of amino acid residues involved in norfloxacin resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Nov; 50(11):3717-23.
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Synergy in a medicinal plant: antimicrobial action of berberine potentiated by 5'-methoxyhydnocarpin, a multidrug pump inhibitor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Feb 15; 97(4):1433-7.