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MeSH Heading: Intercalating Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.720.470.410.360
Unique ID: D007364
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007364
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.
Entry Term(s): Intercalating Agent; Intercalating Ligand; Intercalating Ligands; Intercalative Compound; Intercalative Compounds; Intercalator; Intercalators
Registry Numbers: 0
Previous Indexing: DNA (1966-1979); Nucleic Acid Conformation (1972-1979); specific DNA (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 80
History Note: 80
Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/05/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

Concept UI: M0011483
Registry Numbers: 0
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.
Terms: Intercalating Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T022069
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1980); Intercalator
Term UI T000997412
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Intercalating Agent
Term UI T000997413
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Intercalating Ligand
Term UI T000997415
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Intercalative Compound
Term UI T000997417
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Intercalative Compounds
Term UI T022070
Date11/22/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Intercalators
Term UI T022072
Date11/22/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Intercalating Ligands
Term UI T022071
Date11/22/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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