"Trioxsalen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Pigmenting photosensitizing agent obtained from several plants, mainly Psoralea corylifolia. It is administered either topically or orally in conjunction with ultraviolet light in the treatment of vitiligo.
| Descriptor ID |
D014307
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.663.283.446.794.875 D03.633.100.150.446.794.875 D03.633.300.770.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Trioxsalen- Trioxsalen
- Trioxysalen
- Trioxisalenum
- 4,5',8-Trimethylpsoralen
- 2,5,9-Trimethyl-7H-furo(3,2-g)benzopyran-7-one
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Piette J, Gamper HB, van de Vorst A, Hearst JE. Mutagenesis induced by site specifically placed 4'-hydroxymethyl-4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen adducts. Nucleic Acids Res. 1988 Nov 11; 16(21):9961-77.
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Cheng S, Van Houten B, Gamper HB, Sancar A, Hearst JE. Use of psoralen-modified oligonucleotides to trap three-stranded RecA-DNA complexes and repair of these cross-linked complexes by ABC excinuclease. J Biol Chem. 1988 Oct 15; 263(29):15110-7.
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Kodadek T, Gamper H. Efficient synthesis of a supercoiled M13 DNA molecule containing a site specifically placed psoralen adduct and its use as a substrate for DNA replication. Biochemistry. 1988 May 03; 27(9):3210-5.
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Shi YB, Gamper H, Van Houten B, Hearst JE. Interaction of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase with DNA in an elongation complex arrested at a specific psoralen crosslink site. J Mol Biol. 1988 Jan 20; 199(2):277-93.
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Shi YB, Gamper H, Hearst JE. Interaction of T7 RNA polymerase with DNA in an elongation complex arrested at a specific psoralen adduct site. J Biol Chem. 1988 Jan 05; 263(1):527-34.
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Gamper HB, Cimino GD, Hearst JE. Solution hybridization of crosslinkable DNA oligonucleotides to bacteriophage M13 DNA. Effect of secondary structure on hybridization kinetics and equilibria. J Mol Biol. 1987 Sep 20; 197(2):349-62.
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Shi YB, Gamper H, Hearst JE. The effects of covalent additions of a psoralen on transcription by E. coli RNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Res. 1987 Sep 11; 15(17):6843-54.