Increase in the mitotic recombination frequency in Drosophila melanogaster by magnetic field exposure and its suppression by vitamin E supplement

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-60

  Koana, Takao ^a   Okada, Mikie O ^a   Ikehata, Masateru ^a   Nakagawa, Masayoshi ^a  

^a RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Electromagnetic field; Free radical; Vitamin E; Wing spot test

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FREE RADICAL; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTOXICITY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREE RADICALS; LARVA; MITOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN E; WING;

EID: 0031033152     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(96)00188-1     Document Type: Article

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