Stimulation of the stress response by low-frequency electromagnetic fields: possibility of direct interaction with DNA

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 168-172

  Blank, Martin ^a   Goodman, Reba ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; PROTEINS; THERMAL STRESS;

BIOLOGICAL CHARGE TRANSFER REACTION; ELECTRON CURRENTS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0033730797     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.842894     Document Type: Article

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