Electromagnetic fields may act directly on DNA

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-374

  Blank, Martin ^a   Goodman, Reba ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Electromagnetic fields; Initiation of transcription; Stress genes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAVY METAL; METAL ION; PROTEIN;

DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GENE EXPRESSION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 0033485798     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19991201)75:3<369::AID-JCB2>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Review

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