Electromagnetic fields enhance the stress response at elevated temperatures in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 100-106

  Junkersdorf, Bernd ^a   Bauer, Hartmut ^a   Gutzeit, Herwig O ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costress; ELF EMF; Heat shock protein; Hsp16; Hsp70

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COSTRESS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HSP16; HSP70; MILD HEATS; REPORTER GENE; STRESSES RESPONSE;

ANIMALS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HSP16 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HSP16-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0034132419     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(200002)21:2<100::AID-BEM4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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