Is gene activity in plant cells affected by UMTS-irradiation? A whole genome approach

Advances and Applications in Bioinformatics and Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-83

  Engelmann, Julia C ^c   Deeken, Rosalia ^a   Müller, Tobias ^c   Nimtz, Günter ^b   Roelfsema, M Rob G ^a   Hedrich, Rainer ^a  

^a Julius von Sachs Institute for Biosciences   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Microarrays; Radio frequency electromagnetic fields; Suspension cultured plant cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 80051556959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/aabc.s3570     Document Type: Article

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