ethidium

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002297",
  "term": "ethidium",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "ethidium bromide",
    "homidium bromide",
    "novidium"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "phenanthridines",
    "trypanocides",
    "chelating agents",
    "enzyme inhibitors",
    "fluorescent dyes",
    "dihydroethidium"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2014",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "etidio"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/ethidium/"
}