Intercalation (disambiguation)
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Intercalation may refer to:
- IntercalationIntercalationIntercalation is the insertion of a leap day, week or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases. Lunisolar calendars may require intercalations of both days and months.- Solar calendars :...
, The insertion of a leap day, week or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons - Intercalation (chemistry)Intercalation (chemistry)In chemistry, intercalation is the reversible inclusion of a molecule between two other molecules . Examples include DNA intercalation and graphite intercalation compounds.- DNA intercalation :...
, the insertion of a molecule (or group) between two other molecules (or groups) - Intercalation (literature), a technique used to insert one narrative inside another, implying simultaneity
- Intercalation (University administration)Intercalation (university administration)Intercalation, in the context of university administration, is a period when a student is officially suspended from studying for an academic degree. The grounds for intercalation to be granted are varied, though most commonly they are on compassionate or medical grounds...
, the period when a student is officially suspended from studying for an academic degree
- In biology:
- IntercalationIntercalation (chemistry)In chemistry, intercalation is the reversible inclusion of a molecule between two other molecules . Examples include DNA intercalation and graphite intercalation compounds.- DNA intercalation :...
, process discovered by Leonard LermanLeonard LermanLeonard Lerman is an American scientist most noted for his work on DNA.As a graduate student with Linus Pauling at the California Institute of Technology, Lerman discovered that antibodies have two binding sites. Later, perhaps his most important discovery was that certain molecules bind to DNA by...
by which certain drugs and mutagens insert themselves between base pairs of DNA - Intercalated ductIntercalated ductThe intercalated duct, also called intercalary duct, is the portion of an exocrine gland leading directly from the acinus to a striated duct. The intercalated duct forms part of the intralobular duct...
of exocrine glands - Intercalated discIntercalated discWhen observing cardiac tissue through a microscope, intercalated discs are an identifying feature of cardiac muscle. Cardiac muscle consists of single heart muscle cells which have to be connected by intercalated discs to work as a functional organ. By contrast, skeletal muscle consists of...
of cardiac muscle - Intercalated cells of the collecting duct
- Intercalated cells of the amygdalaIntercalated cells of the amygdalaIntercalated cells of the amygdala are a group of GABAergic neurons situated between the basolateral and central nuclei of the amygdala that are important for inhibitory control over the amygdala.-Function:...
- Intercalation