50-Hertz electromagnetic fields induce gammaH2AX foci formation in mouse preimplantation embryos in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 673-680

  Luo, Qiong ^a   Yang, Jun ^b   Zeng, Qun Li ^b   Zhu, Xiao Ming ^a   Qian, Yu Li ^a   Huang, He Feng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

H2AX; Electromagnetic fields; Embryo; Environment; Preimplantation embryos; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AX GAMMA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; RAD50 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANDROSTADIENES; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750870356     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.052241     Document Type: Article

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