"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ethidium" by people in Profiles.
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Ghiselli G, Iozzo RV. Overexpression of bamacan/SMC3 causes transformation. J Biol Chem. 2000 Jul 07; 275(27):20235-8.
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Ferraro TN, Schill JF, Ballas C, Mulholland N, Golden GT, Smith GG, Buono RJ, Berrettini WH. Genotyping microsatellite polymorphisms by agarose gel electrophoresis with ethidium bromide staining: application to quantitative trait loci analysis of seizure susceptibility in mice. Psychiatr Genet. 1998; 8(4):227-33.
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Tu GC, Israel Y. A new approach for the rapid detection of common and atypical aldehyde dehydrogenase alleles. Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem. 1993 Sep; 31(9):591-4.
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Bachrach U, Brem S, Wertman SB, Schnur LF, Greenblatt CL. Leishmania spp.: effect of inhibitors on growth and on polyamine and macromolecular syntheses. Exp Parasitol. 1979 Dec; 48(3):464-70.