A weak pulsed magnetic field affects adenine nucleotide oscillations, and related parameters in aggregating Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-162

  Davies, Elizabeth ^a   Olliff, Cedric ^a   Wright, Ian ^a   Woodward, Andrew ^b   Kell, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenine nucleotide oscillations and phase relationships; Cellular frequency response; Dictyostelium discoideum; Nonlinear dielectric spectra; Weak magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY;

CELLS;

ADENINE; ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; EGTAZIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CELL AGGREGATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DICTYOSTELIUM; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033028117     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(98)00237-2     Document Type: Article

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