Search Ontology:
ChEBI
intercalator
- Term ID
- CHEBI:24853
- Synonyms
-
- agente intercalante
- intercalating agent
- intercalating agents
- intercalating ligands
- intercalators
- Definition
- A role played by a chemical agent which exhibits the capability of occupying space between DNA base pairs due to particular properties in size, shape and charge. Intercalation of chemical compounds in DNA helix can result in replication errors (shift, mutation) or DNA damages.
- References
- Ontology
- ChEBI ( EBI )
- is a type of
-
- inverse has_role
Show first 5 Terms
Show All 19 Terms
Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from intercalator
Phenotype where environments contain intercalator
Phenotype modified by environments containing intercalator
Human Disease Model