Do Electromagnetic Fields Interact Directly with DNA?

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-115

  Blank, Martin ^a   Goodman, Reba ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Mobile charges; Na,K ATPase; Signal transduction; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MUSCLE; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

ATPASES; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MOBILE CHARGE; NA,K-ATPASE;

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); DNA;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

CELL MEMBRANE; DNA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MUSCLES; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE;

EID: 0030628545     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:2<111::AID-BEM3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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