Chemical Mutagenesis

Chemical mutagenesis.

Chemical mutagenesis: From plants to human

Following the discovery that chemicals, like ionizing radiation, can induce mutations in Drosophila in the 1940s, work on chemical mutagenesis was started in many parts of the world. At the Botany Division of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, chemical mutagenesis studies in crop plants were initiated by M. S. Swaminathan in the 1950s. This brief review deals with progress of chemical muta...

From Chemical Mutagenesis to Post‐Expression Mutagenesis: A 50 Year Odyssey

Site-directed (gene) mutagenesis has been the most useful method available for the conversion of one amino acid residue of a given protein into another. Until relatively recently, this strategy was limited to the twenty standard amino acids. The ongoing maturation of stop codon suppression and related technologies for unnatural amino acid incorporation has greatly expanded access to nonstandard...

Enhanced Hydrogen Production in Escherichia Coli through Chemical Mutagenesis, Gene Deletion, and Transposon Mutagenesis

Enhanced Hydrogen Production in Escherichia coli Through Chemical Mutagenesis, Gene Deletion, and Transposon Mutagenesis. (May 2010) Andrea Juliana Garzon Sanabria, B.S., Universidad Industrial de Santander at Bucaramanga Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Thomas K. Wood We demonstrate that hydrogen production can be increased by random mutagenesis using N-methyl-N ́-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG...

EMIC: A centralized source of chemical mutagenesis information

In 1969, a group of scientists concerned with the health hazards posed by environmental mutagens formed the Environmental Mutagen Society to encourage interest in and the study of mutagens in the human environment. In order to deal effectively with this potential health problem, these scientists saw the need for a centralized source of published information on chemicals tested for mutagenicity ...