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intercalative

intercalative adjective: that leads to intercalation.

Adjective

intercalative (not comparable)

  1. That leads to intercalation
    • It has been proposed that the methyl group of 5-methylcytosine allows increased intercalation of BPDE at methylated CpG sites and that this increase in BPDE intercalative binding subsequently results in increased covalent interaction [65,66] .2015, Jill E. Kucab et al., “TP53 mutations induced by BPDE in Xpa-WT and Xpa-Null human TP53 knock-in (Hupki) mouse embryo fibroblasts”, in Mutation Research, volume 773, →DOI

Questions about intercalative

What does intercalative mean?
Intercalative means that leads to intercalation.
What part of speech is intercalative?
Intercalative is an adjective.

Words near intercalative in the dictionary

  1. intercalating
  2. intercalation
  3. intercalation compound
  4. intercalation compounds
  5. intercalations
  6. intercalative
  7. intercalatively
  8. intercalator
  9. intercalators
  10. intercalatory
  11. intercalibrate

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