Publications by authors named "Shigeki Nozawa"

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  • Ion beams are used as physical mutagens in breeding plants and microbes, inducing mutations through a different mechanism than chemical mutagens or gamma rays.
  • Researchers performed whole-exome sequencing on rice DNA to analyze the nature and extent of mutations caused by carbon-ion beams, identifying 56 mutations across five mutant rice lines.
  • The study found that many of these mutations were linked to repetitive DNA sequences, with six high-impact mutations that disrupted genes related to the observed mutant traits, highlighting the potential of this method for identifying candidate genes.
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To assess the mutational effects of radiation on vigorously proliferating plant tissue, the mutation spectrum was analyzed with Arabidopsis seedlings using the plasmid-rescue method. Transgenic plants containing the Escherichia coli rpsL gene were irradiated with γ-rays and carbon ion beams (320-MeV (12)C(6+)), and mutations in the rpsL gene were analyzed. Mutant frequency increased significantly following irradiation by γ-rays, but not by 320-MeV (12)C(6+).

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An analysis of the salinity tolerance of 354 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions showed that some accessions were more tolerant to salt shock than the reference accession, Col-0, when transferred from 0 to 225 mM NaCl. In addition, several accessions, including Zu-0, showed marked acquired salt tolerance after exposure to moderate salt stress. It is likely therefore that Arabidopsis plants have at least two types of tolerance, salt shock tolerance and acquired salt tolerance.

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To gain insight into the mutagenic effects of accelerated heavy ions in plants, the mutagenic effects of carbon ions near the range end (mean linear energy transfer (LET): 425keV/μm) were compared with the effects of carbon ions penetrating the seeds (mean LET: 113keV/μm). Mutational analysis by plasmid rescue of Escherichia coli rpsL from irradiated Arabidopsis plants showed a 2.7-fold increase in mutant frequency for 113keV/μm carbon ions, whereas no enhancement of mutant frequency was observed for carbon ions near the range end.

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