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pentamethylmelamine

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-015945

A principal metabolite of hexamethylmelamine with antineoplastic activity. Pentamethylmelamine alkylates DNA and other macromolecules and forms DNA intrastrand and DNA-protein crosslinks, thereby preventing DNA replication.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-015945
FieldOncology and biomedicine
AbbreviationPMM
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-015945",
  "term": "pentamethylmelamine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A principal metabolite of hexamethylmelamine with antineoplastic activity. Pentamethylmelamine alkylates DNA and other macromolecules and forms DNA intrastrand and DNA-protein crosslinks, thereby preventing DNA replication.",
  "abbreviation": "PMM",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/pentamethylmelamine/"
}

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