A small temperature rise may contribute towards the apparent induction by microwaves of heat-shock gene expression in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 88-97

  Dawe, Adam S ^a   Smith, Brette ^a   Thomas, David W P ^a   Greedy, Steve ^a   Vasic, Nebojsa ^a   Gregory, Andrew ^b   Loader, Benjamin ^b   De Pomerai, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Radio frequency fields; Reporter transgene; Stress response; Thermal versus non thermal effects

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYTOLOGY; LABORATORIES;

HEATSHOCKS; NON THERMAL EFFECT; POWERLOSS; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; REPORTER TRANSGENE; STRESSES RESPONSE; TEM CELL; THERMAL; THERMAL VERSUS NON-THERMAL EFFECT; TRANSGENE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

COPPER; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; SILVER; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; HEAT SHOCK; HSP 16 1 GENE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REPORTER GENE; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENE; WARMING; ANIMAL; BODY BURDEN; BODY TEMPERATURE; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MICROWAVES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 33644868055     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20192     Document Type: Article

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