From transgene expression to public acceptance of transgenic plants: A matter of predictability

Field Crops Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 5-10

  Nap, Jan Peter ^a   Mlynárová, Ľudmila ^a   Stiekema, Willem J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Matrix associated region (MAR); Position effect; Regulation; Risk assessment; Strategy; Variability of transgene expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002630629     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4290(95)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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