Environmental magnetic fields change complementary DNA synthesis in cell-free systems

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 322-326

  Hirakawa, Eiichiro ^a,b   Ohmori, Masaki ^b   Winters, Wendell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; DNA polymerase I; Rabbit globin; Replication; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

CDNA; CDNA SYNTHESIS; CONDITION; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA POLYMERASE I; DOUBLE STRANDS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; RABBIT GLOBIN; REPLICATION; REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTASE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MAGNETISM; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLOBINS; MAGNETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RABBITS;

EID: 0030346749     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1996)17:4<322::aid-bem8>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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