PRE-REPLICATION RECOVERY FROM METHYL METHANESULFONATE INDUCED CHROMOSOMAL DAMAGE IN VICIA-FABA SEEDS

Authors
MURIN G MICIETA K
Citation
G. Murin et K. Micieta, PRE-REPLICATION RECOVERY FROM METHYL METHANESULFONATE INDUCED CHROMOSOMAL DAMAGE IN VICIA-FABA SEEDS, Biologia plantarum, 39(4), 1997, pp. 523-529
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Biologia plantarum → ACNP
ISSN journal
00063134
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
523 - 529
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3134(1997)39:4<523:PRFMMI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Vicia faba seeds were treated with methyl methanesulphonate (MMS) and stored at 50 % water content for 0, 14 and 28 d. This water content pr olongs the period between the mutagenic treatment and the onset of DNA synthesis. Storage of seeds after mutagen treatment at the selected w ater content led to a significant decrease in DNA damage, manifested a s a reduction in the frequency of chromosomal aberrations.