Miyakoshi J, Kitagawa K, Takebe H
Department of Radiation Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Int J Radiat Biol. 1997 Jan;71(1):75-9. doi: 10.1080/095530097144445.
Exposure of cultured human MeWo cells to high-density (400 mT at 50 Hz) extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) induced mutations in the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase gene. Mutation induced by the ELF-MF increased during the DNA-synthesis phase in synchronously growing cells. DNA replication errors and/or disturbance of the mismatch repair systems caused by exposure to ELF-MF may be involved in the mutagenic effect.