Weak electromagnetic fields (50 Hz) elicit a stress response in human cells

Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-151

  Tokalov, Sergey V ^a   Gutzeit, Herwig O ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ELF EMF; Gene expression; Heat shock; Stress response

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90;

CANCER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; STRESS;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEMATODE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION TIME; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0742269707     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00088-4     Document Type: Article

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