Faculty Research 1980 - 1989
Sensitive model with which to detect athermal effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1989
Keywords
Beta-Galactosidases: me, re, Electromagnetic-Fields, Electromagnetics, Escherichia-Coli: en, ge, re, Galactosidases: re, Models-Biological, Plasmids: re, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-NON-P-H-S, Transfection
First Page
347
Last Page
354
JAX Location
1830
Abstract
To clarify the potential of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation to cause biological effects by athermal mechanisms, and to initiate elucidation of those mechanisms, a model system amenable to scrutiny at the molecular level has been designed and characterized. Assessment of beta-galactosidase activity in E. coli JM101 containing the plasmid pUC8 provides a sensitive assay with many important advantages. The ability to examine at the molecular level each of the processes involved in producing beta-galactosidase should permit elucidation of the molecular mechanism(s) that give rises to an observed effect.
Recommended Citation
Saffer JD,
Profenno LA.
Sensitive model with which to detect athermal effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. . 1989; ():347