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Analysis of mutations induced by carbon ions in Arabidopsis thaliana.

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The results indicated that carbon-ion-induced mutations are most likely nulls and that the induced rearrangements may arise through a unique mechanism, indicating that accelerated ions are a useful mutagen for both forward and reverse genetics for plants.
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To investigate the nature of mutations induced by accelerated ions in higher plants, the effects of carbon-ion-irradiation were compared with those of electron-irradiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Point-like mutations and rearrangements were induced at a similar frequency after carbon-ion-irradiation, whereas point-like mutations were more frequently induced after electron-irradiation. Sequence analysis revealed that carbon-ion-induced point-like mutations were mostly short deletions. In the case of rearrangements, deletions, inversions, insertions, and translocations were found. The estimated frequency of deletion induction was comparable to that of fast neutrons. Analysis of chromosome breakpoints revealed that carbon ions frequently deleted small regions around the breakpoints, whereas electron-irradiation often duplicated these regions. Moreover, for both types of radiation, broken ends with microhomologies were frequently rejoined. Results of the breakpoint and broken end analyses suggest that non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) leads to the rejoining of double strand breaks (dsbs) after cells are exposed to both types of radiation, but the type of NHEJ that occurs as a result of damage is different. The results indicated that carbon-ion-induced mutations are most likely nulls and that the induced rearrangements may arise through a unique mechanism. These findings indicate that accelerated ions are a useful mutagen for both forward and reverse genetics for plants.

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Moving forward in reverse: genetic technologies to enable genome-wide phenomic screens in Arabidopsis

TL;DR: The combination of classical forward genetics with recently developed genome-wide, gene-indexed mutant collections is beginning to revolutionize the way in which gene functions are studied in plants.
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Studies on Biological Effects of Ion Beams on Lethality, Molecular Nature of Mutation, Mutation Rate, and Spectrum of Mutation Phenotype for Mutation Breeding in Higher Plants

TL;DR: The results indicated that the characteristics of ion beams for mutation induction are high mutation frequency and broad mutation spectrum and therefore, efficient induction of novel mutants.
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klavier (klv), a novel hypernodulation mutant of Lotus japonicus affected in vascular tissue organization and floral induction.

TL;DR: A novel hypernodulation mutant line was isolated from Lotus japonicus Miyakojima MG-20 by irradiation with a helium ion beam as mentioned in this paper, named klavier (klv), had roots that were densely covered with small nodules.
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The receptor-like kinase KLAVIER mediates systemic regulation of nodulation and non-symbiotic shoot development in Lotus japonicus.

TL;DR: The identification of a novel leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase (LRR-RLK), KLAVIER (KLV), which mediates the systemic negative regulation of nodulation in Lotus japonicus is reported, suggesting that KLV is also a key component in other signal transduction pathways that mediate non-symbiotic shoot development.
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Genome-wide analysis of mutations in mutant lineages selected following fast-neutron irradiation mutagenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana

TL;DR: The molecular properties and frequency of mutations in phenotypically selected mutant lines isolated following exposure of the genetic model flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana to fast neutrons are reported and it is found that FN-induced G:C>A:T transitions were concentrated at pyrimidine dinucleotide sites, suggesting that FNs promote the formation of mutational covalent linkages between adjacent pyridine residues.
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