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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
A suitable plane transmission line was developed and its behaviour analysed at 900 MHz radiofrequency fields to study DNA mutability and the repair of micro-organisms. In this work, utilizing such a device, we investigated the behaviour of DNA mutability and repair of Escherichia coli strains. The transmission line was very simple and versatile in changing its characteristic resistance and field intensity by varying its sizes. In the absence of cell samples inside the transmission line, the relative modulation of the electric and/or magnetic field was±31% with respect to the mean values, allowing the processing of more samples at different exposure fields in a single run. A slight decrease in spontaneous mutability to rifampicin-resistance of the E. coli JC411 strain was demonstrated in mismatch-repair proficient samples exposed to the radio-frequency fields during their growth on solid medium.
Publisher: 
IOP Publishing
Publication date: 
16 Jun 2006
Authors: 

F Belloni, D Doria, A Lorusso, V Nassisi, L Velardi, P Alifano, C Monaco, A Talà, M Tredici, A Rainò

Biblio References: 
Volume: 39 Issue: 13 Pages: 2856
Origin: 
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics