The phrase "induce mutation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in scientific contexts, particularly in genetics or biology, to describe the process of causing changes in the DNA sequence of an organism.
Example: "Researchers are studying how certain chemicals can induce mutation in bacterial DNA, leading to antibiotic resistance."
Alternatives: "cause mutation" or "trigger mutation".
The mutated OPTN gene could induce mutation of E50K and H486R genes, resulting in death of RGC-5 cells by weakness of antioxidation.
This indicates that ions with energy only at the order of the thermal energy cannot induce mutation but with low-energy of keV the ions can.
N-methyl-N-nitro-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), a chemical mutagen at a concentration of 1 mg/ml was used to induce mutation.
Cellulase-producing bacterial cells of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens were treated by argon or nitrogen PIII at a bias voltage of − 2.5 kV with various fluences from 1 × 1015 to 1 × 1017 ions/cm2 to induce mutation.
However, as RF fields do not have sufficient energy to break chemical bonds or induce mutation with a similar mechanism to ionizing radiation, other potential health effects are also plausible.
Impairment of mitochondrial respiratory function not only reduces the supply of energy (which may prevent energy-dependent apoptosis) but also enhances ROS production, which may induce mutation and oxidative damage to mtDNA.
In 1974, Dr. Brenner broke ground by using the chemical EMS, or ethyl methane sulphonate, to induce mutations, or genetic changes, in the genome of C. elegans.
Even supposing that the protein can induce mutations in the virus, these are likely to occur randomly and so have uncontrollable and mostly negative effects — for the virus.
Scientists in Australia, Switzerland and at Berkeley are using chemicals or radiation to induce mutations in arabidopsis, a model plant used in research.
The "atomic gardening" movement exposed wide ranges of plants and seeds to radioactive substances for short periods, as a fast and efficient way to induce mutations.
In the race to identify genes that typify this dawning genomics era, her lab has developed a technique that uses retroviruses to induce mutations of single genes in zebra fish.
