Table 2.
Genes whose expression is altered after plant exposure to HF-EMF.
| Gene | Organism | Function | Exposure conditions | Response to EMF exposure |
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| lebZIP1 | Solanum lycopersicon, whole plant | Transcription factor | 900 MHz, 5 V m−1, CW in a MSRC | Increase (3-fold to 4-fold) [6, 8] |
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| lebZIP1 | Solanum lycopersicon, whole plant | Transcription factor | Cell phone | Increase (3-4-fold) [35] |
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| cam | Solanum lycopersicon, whole plant | Ca2+ signal transduction | 900 MHz, 5 V m−1, CW in a MSRC | Increase (5-fold) [5, 10] |
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| cdpk | Solanum lycopersicon, whole plant | Ca2+ signal transduction | 900 MHz, 5 V m−1, CW in a MSRC | Increase (5-fold) [10] |
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| cmbp | Solanum lycopersicon, whole plant | mRNA metabolism | 900 MHz, 5 V m−1, CW in a MSRC | Increase (6-fold) [5] |
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| pin2 | Solanum lycopersicon, whole plant | Proteinase inhibitor | 900 MHz, 5 V m−1, CW in a MSRC | Increase (4.5-fold [5] and 2.5-fold) [6] |
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| pin2 | Solanum lycopersicon, whole plant | Proteinase inhibitor | 900 MHz, cell phone | Increase (2-fold) [35] |
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| At4g26260 | Arabidopsis thaliana, cell suspension culture | Similar to myo-inositol oxygenase | 1.9 GHz, 8 mW cm−2 | Decrease (0.3-fold) [36] |
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| At3g47340 | Arabidopsis thaliana, cell suspension culture | Glutamine-dependent asparagine synthetase | 1.9 GHz, 8 mW cm−2 | Decrease (0.4-fold) [36] |
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| At3g15460 | Arabidopsis thaliana, cell suspension culture | Brix domain protein | 1.9 GHz, 8 mW cm−2 | Decrease (0.5-fold) [36] |
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| At4g39675 | Arabidopsis thaliana, cell suspension culture | Expressed protein | 1.9 GHz, 8 mW cm−2 | Increase (1.5-fold) [36] |
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| At5g10040 | Arabidopsis thaliana, cell suspension culture | Expressed protein | 1.9 GHz, 8 mW cm−2 | Increase (1.4-fold) [36] |
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| AtCg00120 | Arabidopsis thaliana, cell suspension culture | ATPase alpha subunit (chloroplast) | 1.9 GHz, 8 mW cm−2 | Increase (1.4-fold) [36] |