title: Resonance effect of microwaves on the genome conformational state of E. coli cells.
abstract: The effect of low intensity microwaves on the conformational state of the genome of X-irradiated E. coli cells was studied by the method of viscosity anomalous time dependencies. It has been established that within the ranges of 51.62-51.84 GHz and 41.25-41.50 GHz the frequency dependence of the observed effect has a resonance nature with a resonance half-width of the order of 100 MHz. The power dependence of the microwave effect within the range of 0.1-200 microW/cm2 has shown that a power density of 1 microW/cm2 is sufficient to suppress radiation-induced repair of the genome conformational state. The effect of microwave suppression of repair is well reproduced and does not depend on the sequence of cell exposure to X-rays and microwave radiation in the millimeter band. The results obtained indicate the role of the cell genome in the resonant interaction of cells with low intensity millimeter waves.
authors.affiliation: Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, C.I.S.
authors.lastname: Belyaev IYa
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Alipov
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Shcheglov
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Lystsov
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000528:radiation effects; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008872:Microwaves; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation / Q000528:radiation effects; D014783:Viscosity; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial