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Effect of high-LET Fe-ion beam irradiation on mutation induction in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Jan 2013
Kazama Yusuke, Hirano Tomonari, Nishihara Kiyoshi, Ohbu Sumie, Shirakawa Yuki, Abe Tomoko
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Heavy-ion beams are powerful mutagens. They cause a broad spectrum of mutation phenotypes with high efficiency even at low irradiation doses and short irradiation times. These mutagenic effects are due to dense ionisation in a localised region along the ion particle path. Linear energy transfer (LET; keV·μm(-1)), which represents the degree of locally deposited energy, is an important parameter in heavy-ion...
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