intercalative

English

Adjective

intercalative (not comparable)

1. That leads to intercalation
   • 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^[1], volume 773, →DOI:

     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] .