Low-intensity microwave irradiation does not substantially alter gene expression in late larval and adult Caenorhabditis elegans

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 602-612

  Dawe, Adam S ^a   Bodhicharla, Rakesh K ^b   Graham, Neil S ^b   May, Sean T ^b   Reader, Tom ^b   Loader, Benjamin ^c   Gregory, Andrew ^c   Swicord, Mays ^d   Bit Babik, Giorgi ^d   De Pomerai, David I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Gene arrays; Gene expression; Microwave radiation

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; RNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONDITION; EXPOSURE SYSTEM; GENE ARRAYS; GENES EXPRESSION; HEATSHOCKS; LOW-INTENSITY; MICROWAVE- IRRADIATIONS; REPORTER-GENE EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 73249137935     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20515     Document Type: Article

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