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A methyl viologen-sensitive mutant of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000
Ishii N, Takahashi K, Tomita S, Keino T, Honda S, Yoshino K, Suzuki K
Abstract excerpt
A methyl viologen (paraquat)-sensitive mutant, mev-1 (LG III), in Caenorhabditis elegans was about 4 times more sensitive to methyl viologen than the wild type. This mutant was also hypersensitive to oxygen. The brood size was about 1/4 that of the wild type. The average life span was determined to be 9.3 days as compared to 14.3 days for the wild type. The activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), a scavenging...
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