mutagenesis
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an event capable of causing a mutation
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After the approximately 11-month mission, their responses were studied in terms of survival, mutagenesis in the his (B.
Cell culture assay Mammalian cell lines such as Chinese hamster V79 cells, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells or mouse lymphoma cells may be used to test for mutagenesis.
TEs are also a widely used tool for mutagenesis of most experimentally tractable organisms.
Insertional mutagenesis main Transposons and viruses may insert DNA sequence into coding regions or functional elements of a gene and result in inactivation of the gene.
Sometimes the insertion of a TE into a gene can disrupt that gene's function in a reversible manner, in a process called insertional mutagenesis ; transposase-mediated excision of the DNA transposon restores gene function.
There are varieties of wheat that have been made tolerant to other herbicides through mutagenesis.