(under subclass 440) Processes wherein structural change in a gene is effected by exposure of an animal, plant, or microbial cell to radiation or an electric field.
(1) Note. Radiation includes electromagnetic waves (gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and radio waves), or particle radiation, e.g., beta, alpha, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
173.1+, for treatment of a cell with wave or electrical energy without causing mutation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy,
157.64, for processes of preparing an organic compound containing nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, or silicon by a chemical reaction induced or effected by ionizing radiation.
