Analysis of Mutagenic Effects Induced by Carbon Beams at Different LET in a Red Yeast Strain
doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.01.122
- Received Date: 1900-01-01
- Rev Recd Date: 1900-01-01
- Publish Date: 2011-03-20
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Key words:
- carbon beam /
- linear energy transfer /
- inactive effect /
- mutagenic effect /
- red yeast
Abstract: To evaluate inactive and mutagenic effects of carbon beam at different LET, the inactivation cross section and mutation cross section induced by carbon beams of different LET values were investigated in a red yeast strain Rhodotorula glutinis AY 91015. It was found that the maximum inactivation cross section of 4.37μm2 , which was very close to the average nucleus cross section, was at LET of 120.0 keV/μm. The maximum mutation cross section was at LET of 96.0 keV/μm. Meanwhile, the highest mutagenicity of carbon ion was found around 58.2 keV/μm. It implied that the most efficient LET to induce mutation in survival yeasts was 58.2 keV/μm, which corresponded to energy of 35 MeV/u carbon beam. The most effective carbon beam to induce inactivation and mutation located at different energy region.
Citation: | SUN Hai-ning, WANG Ju-fang, #, MA Shuang, LU Dong, WU Xin, LI Wen-jian. Analysis of Mutagenic Effects Induced by Carbon Beams at Different LET in a Red Yeast Strain[J]. Nuclear Physics Review, 2011, 28(1): 122-125. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.28.01.122 |