Radio frequency radiation causes no nonthermal damage in enzymes and living cells

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1772-1776

  Fortune, Jennifer A ^a   Wu, Bae Ian ^a   Klibanov, Alexander M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Bacteria; Human cells; Peroxidase; Radio frequency radiation

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; COMMONLY USED; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GALACTOSIDASES; HORSE-RADISH PEROXIDASE; HUMAN CELLS; LIVING CELL; NONTHERMAL; PEROXIDASE; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION; RF IDENTIFICATIONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIO WAVES;

RADIO;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RADIO WAVES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 78650193008     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.462     Document Type: Article

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