initiation - CISMeF

Preferred Label : initiation;

IUPAC definition : A reaction or process generating free radicals (or some other reactive reaction intermediates) which then induce a chain reaction. For example, in the chlorination of alkanes by a radical mechanism the initiation step is the dissociation of molecular chlorine.;

Details

Origin ID

I03042;

UMLS CUI

C1158830;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Transcription Initiation [NCIt concept]
See also
- alkanes [IUPAC Term]
- chain length [IUPAC Term]
- chain polymerization [IUPAC Term]
- chain reaction [IUPAC Term]
- chain-ending step [IUPAC Term]
- dissociation [IUPAC Term]
- entrainment [IUPAC Term]
- initiator [IUPAC Term]
- interphase transition [IUPAC Term]
- intraphase transition [IUPAC Term]
- latent period [IUPAC Term]
- nucleation of phase separation [IUPAC Term]
- photocatalysis [IUPAC Term]
- radical (free radical) [IUPAC Term]
- reaction intermediate [IUPAC Term]
- reactive (reactivity) [IUPAC Term]
- surface grafting [IUPAC Term]
- telomerization [IUPAC Term]
Semantic type(s)
- Genetic Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Transcription Initiation [NCIt concept]

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