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Using model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae to evaluate the effects of ELF-MF and RF-EMF exposure on global gene expression

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Chen G, Lu D, Chiang H, Leszczynski D, Xu Z · 2012

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The study provides experimental data on whether ELF-MF and RF-EMF exposures produce detectable changes in gene expression in a standardized model organism system.

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This study used Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) as a model organism to investigate how exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) and radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) affects global gene expression patterns. The research examined transcriptional responses in this simple eukaryotic organism to assess potential biological effects of these two types of electromagnetic field exposure.

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Chen G, Lu D, Chiang H, Leszczynski D, Xu Z (2012). Using model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae to evaluate the effects of ELF-MF and RF-EMF exposure on global gene expression.
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@article{chen_g_lu_d_chiang_h_leszczynski_d_xu_z_ce3984,
  author = {Chen G and Lu D and Chiang H and Leszczynski D and Xu Z},
  title = {Using model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae to evaluate the effects of ELF-MF and RF-EMF exposure on global gene expression},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1038/nature11119},
  
}
DOI: 10.1038/nature11119

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