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Ultra‐wide band electromagnetic radiation does not affect UV‐induced recombination and mutagenesis in yeast
Author(s) -
Pakhomova Olga N.,
Belt Michelle L.,
Mathur Satnam P.,
Lee Jonathan C.,
Akyel Yahya
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:2<128::aid-bem12>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - mutagenesis , yeast , recombination , ultraviolet radiation , saccharomyces cerevisiae , radiation , irradiation , ultraviolet , bioelectromagnetics , electromagnetic radiation , biophysics , optics , biology , optoelectronics , materials science , genetics , chemistry , physics , mutation , electromagnetic field , radiochemistry , gene , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
Cell samples of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were exposed to 100 J/m 2 of 254 nm ultraviolet (UV) radiation followed by a 30 min treatment with ultra‐wide band (UWB) electromagnetic pulses. The UWB pulses (101–104 kV/m, 1.0 ns width, 165 ps rise time) were applied at the repetition rates of 0 Hz (sham), 16 Hz, or 600 Hz. The effect of exposures was evaluated from the colony‐forming ability of the cells on complete and selective media and the number of aberrant colonies. The experiments established no effect of UWB exposure on the UV‐induced reciprocal and non‐reciprocal recombination, mutagenesis, or cell survival. Bioelectromagnetics 19: 128–130, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.