Increase in hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase gene mutations by exposure to high-density 50-Hz magnetic fields

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-114

  Miyakoshi, Junji ^a   Yamagishi, Nobuyuki ^a   Ohtsu, Shuji ^a   Mohri, Kayoko ^a   Takebe, Hiraku ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

50 Hz; Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) gene; Magnetic field; MeWo cell; Mutant frequency

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAGNETIC FIELD; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0030023624     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(95)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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