ID Number		1304
Study Type		In Vitro
Model		2450 MHz exposure to phage DNA and analysis of restriction fragment polymorphism
Details		Lambda phage DNA was exposed to microwaves (2450 MHz ?) in short pulses (no dosimetry specified) and subject to various restriction enzyme digestion and agarose gel electrophoresis. The authors report additional fragments seen on the gel, as well as some exposed samples having specific fragments with slower mobility. The authors interpret these results as conformational anomalies due to MW induced ss breaks and/or localized strand separations.
Findings		Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
Funding Agency		Private/Instit.
Country		UNITED STATES
References		Narasimhan, V et al. Biochemistry Internat., (1991) 25:363-370
Comments		No dosimetry. Further, Additional bands as the authors claim were observed would suggest a specific cleavage site due to MW exposure, not random ss or ds breaks. That would mechanistically be much more complex than a simple frank damage effect