Intensity-dependent effects of microwave electromagnetic fields on acetylcholinesterase activity and protein conformation in frog skeletal muscles

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Vukova, Teodora ^a   Atanassov, Andrey ^b   Ivanov, Radoy ^b   Radicheva, Nicolina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase activity; Frog skeletal muscle; Infrared spectroscopy; Microwave (2.45 GHz) field; Protein conformation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RANIDAE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 13844292652     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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