"Intercalating Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intercalating Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Charging YOYO-1 on capillary wall for online DNA intercalation and integrating this approach with multiplex PCR and bare narrow capillary-hydrodynamic chromatography for online DNA analysis. Anal Chem. 2015 Feb 03; 87(3):1518-22.
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Curcumin does not bind or intercalate into DNA and a note on the gray side of curcumin. Int J Cancer. 2011 Jan 01; 128(1):242-5.