INTERCALATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they intercalate ... he / she / it intercalates

Past simple: intercalated

Past participle: intercalated

-ing form: intercalating

Sense 1

Meaning:

Insert (days) in a calendar

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "intercalate" is one way to...):

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

Context examples:

Piroxantrone intercalates into DNA and interacts with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis.

(Piroxantrone, NCI Thesaurus)

Piroxantrone intercalates into DNA and interacts with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair as well as RNA and protein synthesis.

(Piroxantrone Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Pixantrone intercalates into DNA and induces topoisomerase II-mediated DNA strand crosslinks, resulting in inhibition of DNA replication and tumor cell cytotoxicity.

(Pixantrone, NCI Thesaurus)

Pirarubicin intercalates into DNA and interacts with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair as well as RNA and protein synthesis.

(Pirarubicin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Pirarubicin intercalates into DNA and interacts with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis.

(Pirarubicin, NCI Thesaurus)

Nogalamycin intercalates into DNA and interacts with topoisomerase I, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis.

(Nogalamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

Nortopixantrone intercalates into DNA, induces single- and double-stranded DNA breaks and inhibits topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair as well as RNA and protein synthesis.

(Nortopixantrone, NCI Thesaurus)

Annamycin intercalates into DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair as well as inhibiting RNA and protein synthesis.

(Annamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

The anthrapyrazole antibiotics intercalate into DNA and interact with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis.

(Anthrapyrazole Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

Amonafide intercalates into DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II, resulting in protein-associated strand breaks and impaired DNA and RNA synthesis.