Effect of Millimeter-Wave Irradiation on Growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-33, Issue 11, 1986, Pages 993-999

  Furia, Luciano ^a   Hill, Douglas W ^a   Gandhi, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; MILLIMETER WAVES - ABSORPTION; YEAST;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BIOMEDICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL DIVISION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MICROWAVES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0022812783     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1986.325865     Document Type: Article

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