PERTUMBUHAN TANAMAN SAWI (Brassica juncea L) DENGAN PERENDAMAN KOLKISIN

Brassica juncea is one of vegetable consumed by many people. One of chemical have been successful to induce mutation is colchicine. The aim of this research was to determine effect of colchicine on Brassica growth. The result show that soaking brassica seeds using colchicine make a decrease in the average plant height, leaf widht and number of leaves compare to control cause abnormal cell division.Keyword: Brassica juncea, Colchicine, Growth response

Viruses with U-DNA: New Avenues for Biotechnology

Deoxyuridine in DNA has recently been in the focus of research due to its intriguing roles in several physiological and pathophysiological situations. Although not an orthodox DNA base, uracil may appear in DNA via either cytosine deamination or thymine-replacing incorporations. Since these alterations may induce mutation or may perturb DNA–protein interactions, free living organisms from bacteria to human contain several pathways to counteract uracilation. These efficient and highly specific repair routes uracil-directed excision repair initiated by representative of uracil-DNA glycosylase families. Interestingly, some bacteriophages exist with thymine-lacking uracil-DNA genome. A detailed understanding of the strategy by which such phages can replicate in bacteria where an efficient repair pathway functions for uracil-excision from DNA is expected to reveal novel inhibitors that can also be used for biotechnological applications. Here, we also review the several potential biotechnological applications already implemented based on inhibitors of uracil-excision repair, such as Crispr-base-editing and detection of nascent uracil distribution pattern in complex genomes.

INCREASE VARIATION ON POTATO ‘GRANOLA’ USING GAMMA RAY IRRADIATION

Potato is one of the main carbohydrate sources around the world, including Indonesia. Potato production in Bali generally does not use good quality of potato seed, causing disease infection and reduce productivity. An alternative effort to produce high quality potato is by induce mutation of tuber using gamma ray irradiation. This study aims to find out percentage of survival after irradiation of ‘Granola’ potato shoots and determine the post-irradiation potato growth and productivity. This research was conducted at Laboratory of Central Application of Isotope and Irradiation (PAIR), Pasar Jumat, Batan, Jakarta and UPT BBITPH Bedugul, Bali. Planting materials were early generation (G0) potato seed tubers. This study employ completely randomized factorial design with one factor, i.e. irradiation doses of 0, 20 gy and 40 Gy. Variable observed included percentage of shoots survive, and variations in production. Results showed that 20 Gy was the best dose to increase tuber production.

Isolation, Identification and Production of Biobutanol by Different Clostridium species Isolated from Soil Using Waste Paper and Sugar Cane Molasses

Butanol as fuel component has some advantages compared to ethanol. The Study was aimed at isolation of different types of Clostridium species from the soil and screening for their ability to produce bio-butanol. Soil samples were collected from three different areas in keffi. Clostridium species were isolated using Reinforce Clostridial media and identified using standard microbiological methods, mutation was induced in the Clostridium isolates and 16s rRNA identification technique was used to identify the isolates. Quantitative screening of the Clostridium species isolates capacity in bio-butanol was carried out using sugar cane molasses and waste paper substrate. The result of 16s rRNA of the Clostridium isolated from old barracks was C. acetobutylicium the one isolated from Angwan kwara was C. perfringenes and C. difficile was isolated from Angwan Jaba. Screening for bio-butanol producing ability of the clostridium isolates, shows that C. acetobutylicium produce highest bio-butanol before been exposed to UV light to induce mutation with 9.61± 0.94 mg/l using sugar cane molasses and 4.89± 0.19 mg/l using waste paper followed by C. perfringenes 6.24± 0.61 mg/l using molasses and 3.21±0.11 mg/l using waste paper. After exposing to UV light to induce mutation C. acetobutylicium produced 18.03 ± 0.17 mg/l using molasses and 8.63± 0.06 mg/l using waste paper substrate follow by C. perfringenes 14.19 ± 0.11 mg/l and 5.99 ± 0.31 mg/l. From this study it was observed that C. acetobutylicium has the capacity to produce bio-butanol and also inducing mutation will enhance the capacity of Clostridium species in the production of bio-butanol.

Impact of chromium and boron compounds on the reproductive function in rats

The purpose of this research is to study the process of mutagenesis and the reproductive function in male rats under separate and combined exposure to chromium and boron compounds. The experiment was conducted on two groups of animals. The first group was used to assess the ability of potassium dichromate and boric acid to induce mutation in germ and somatic cells under isolated and combined administration with the use of the dominant lethal mutations test and the micronuclei test in the polychromatophilic erythrocytes of the bone marrow. The second group was used to test the combined and separate effect of the compounds under consideration on the reproductive function of male rats during the spermatogenesis cycle. When used in specific doses, boron compounds are a promising means of preventing and correcting chromium-induced effects in chromium production facility workers and people who live in ecologically adverse regions.

INDUKSI MUTASI KULTUR IN VITRO Amorphophallus muelleri Blume DENGAN IRRADIASI GAMMA

Amorphophallus muelleri Blume (Araceae) is valued for its glucoman content for use infood industry (heathy diet food), paper industry, pharmacy and cosmetics. The cultivationof A. muelleri is hampered by limited genetic quality of seed. The species is triploid(2n=3x=39), the seed is developed apomictically, and pollen production is low. Thespecies is only propagated vegetatively. This may explain that the species is difficultto breed conventionally and genetic variability in the existing landraces cultivars israther limited. Conservation of this species, therefore, is important for availability of thespecies in the future use of this plant. The objective of present research is to increasegenetic variation by induce mutation using gamma-rays irradiation of shoot culturesof A. muelleri and to identify DNA polymorphism induced by gamma irradiation usingrandom amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), so the mutants produced can be used forbreeding purposes and for conservation program. Results of the experiment showedthat gamma irradiation less than 5 gray was effective to induce mutation of A. muelleri.Four RAPD primers generated 35 scorable bands with 100% polymorphic bands. Sizeof the bands varied from 350bp to 2.0kbp. Clustering analysis was performed based onRAPD profiles using the UPGMA method. The range of genetic distance among individualgenotypes was from from 0.00 to 0.72, while genetic variance of the population was0.21 + 0.13. The eighteen genotypes were proof to be mutants. The mutants producedin this experiment could be used as new germplasms for breeding purposes as well asfor use in conservation strategy

Identifikasi Genetik Mutan Talinum paniculatum JACQ. (GAERTN.) Berdasarkan Marka RAPD

Javasom Talinum paniculatum Jacq. (Gaertn.) is one of popular vegetable plants with potential medicinal properties.The plant root is often used as a substitute for ginseng (Panax ginseng L.), and the leaves are used as a vegetableand as a substitute for purslane (Portulaca olaraeae L.). An effort to improve genetic quality of the plant was madethrough induced mutation with ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS). A variety of EMS dosages (0, 0.3%, 0.6%, 0.9%,1.2%, 1.5% dan 1.8%) were applied to javasom seeds to induce mutation for 24 hours at room temperature. Selectedfive putative mutant genotypes of the third generation after mutagen treatment (M3) was analyzed using Ramdomamplified polymorphic DNA (RAD) marker. Twenty RAPD primers generated 185 scorable bands with 78.92% ofthem were polymorphic. Size of the bands varied from 200bp to 2.5kbp. Clustering analysis was performed basedon RAPD profiles using the UPGMA method. The range of genetic distance among individual genotypes was fromfrom 0.31 to 0.58, while genetic variance was 0.29 + 0.17. The five genotypes were proof to be solid mutants.

Nitric oxide generation from hydroxyurea: significance and implications for leukemogenesis in the management of myeloproliferative disorders

The use of myelosuppressive agents to reduce the risk of thrombosis in patients with polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) has been associated with an increased risk of transformation to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Whereas chlorambucil, busulfan, and radiophosphorus (32P) have been demonstrated to increase the risk of transformation, the leukemogenic potential of hydroxyurea (HU) continues to be a matter of debate. Clinical studies have suggested that HU may cause a small increase in the risk of AML, but it has proven difficult to establish whether AML is actually caused by HU or arises during the natural progression of PV and ET. Reports that HU undergoes metabolic activation to species that induce mutation appear to support the notion that it is leukemogenic. Here, we suggest that the ability of HU to induce mutation in cell culture studies results from the generation of nitrogen dioxide via the autoxidation of nitric oxide, a product of HU metabolism. However, we argue that autoxidation would not occur in vivo, leading to the conclusion that generation of the mutagen nitrogen dioxide is peculiar to cell culture systems and has little relevance to the use of HU in the management of PV and ET.