Ag+ alters cell growth, neurite extension, cardiomyocyte beating, and fertilized egg constriction

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1096-1105

  Conrad, Abigail H ^a,b   Tramp, Christian R ^a   Long, Chad J ^a   Wells, Diane C ^a,b   Paulsen, Avelina Q ^a   Conrad, Gary W ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AgNO3 intestinal epithelial cells; Cardiomyocytes; Dorsal root ganglia; Microtubules; Polar lobe constriction

Indexed keywords

SILVER; SILVER NITRATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE CELL; MICROTUBULE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; SNAIL; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE INJURY;

NASA DISCIPLINE CELL BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM FUNDAMENTAL SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; NEURITES; RATS; SILVER NITRATE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; WATER PURIFICATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0033451449     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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