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Sensitive model with which to detect athermal effects of non‐ionizing electromagnetic radiation
Author(s) -
Saffer Jeffrey D.,
Profenno Louis A.
Publication year - 1989
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/bem.2250100403
Subject(s) - ionizing radiation , non ionizing radiation , electromagnetic radiation , radiation , physics , bioelectromagnetics , electromagnetic field , medical physics , optics , nuclear physics , irradiation , quantum mechanics
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 β‐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 β‐galactosidase should permit elucidation of the molecular mechanism(s) that give rises to an observed effect.