Controversy associated with the common component of most transgenic plants - Kanamycin resistance marker gene

Food Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-190

  Jelenić, Srećko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance marker gene; Food safety; GM crops; Horizontal gene transfer; NptII; Plant genetic engineering; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL THERAPY;

ANTIBIOTICS; CROPS; ENZYMES; GENE TRANSFER;

GENES;

ANTIBIOTICS; ENZYMES; FARM CROPS; GENES;

EID: 0038714484     PISSN: 13309862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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