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Accession
CHEBI:24853
Name
intercalator
Ontology
Synonyms
agente intercalante, intercalating agent, intercalating agents, intercalating ligands, intercalators
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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. [source: unknown]
Comment
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Subset
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Parents of intercalator (CHEBI:24853)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
intercalator [is_a relation] is_a  mutagen (CHEBI:25435)

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