The Effects of Static Magnetic Fields and X-rays on Instability of Microsatellite Repetitive Sequences

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-287

  Okuda, Takahito ^a,c   Nishizawa, Kimiko ^a   Ejima, Yosuke ^b   Nakatsugawa, Shigekazu ^c   Ishigaki, Takeo ^c   Ishizaki, Kanji ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microsatellite; Mismatch repair; Mutation; Replication error; Static magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DNA; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; REPAIR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DNA DAMAGES; DNA REPLICATIONS; GENETIC CHANGES; GENETIC EFFECTS; MICROSATELLITES; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATION; REPLICATION ERROR; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; STRONG STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

DNA SEQUENCES;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY;

CELL LINE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0032248833     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.39.279     Document Type: Article

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