"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ethidium" by people in Profiles.
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Robinson KM, Janes MS, Pehar M, Monette JS, Ross MF, Hagen TM, Murphy MP, Beckman JS. Selective fluorescent imaging of superoxide in vivo using ethidium-based probes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Oct 10; 103(41):15038-43.
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Ergul A, Johansen JS, Strømhaug C, Harris AK, Hutchinson J, Tawfik A, Rahimi A, Rhim E, Wells B, Caldwell RW, Anstadt MP. Vascular dysfunction of venous bypass conduits is mediated by reactive oxygen species in diabetes: role of endothelin-1. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2005 Apr; 313(1):70-7.
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Radivoyevitch T, Hoel DG, Hahnfeldt P, Sachs RK. Size distributions of misrejoining DNA fragments in irradiated cells. Math Biosci. 1998 May; 149(2):107-36.
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Ogretmen B, Ratajczak H, Kats A, Stark BC, Gendel SM. Effects of staining of RNA with ethidium bromide before electrophoresis on performance of northern blots. Biotechniques. 1993 Jun; 14(6):932-5.