Evaluation of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) Corn on Mouse Testicular Development by Dual Parameter Flow Cytometry

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2097-2102

  Brake, Denise G ^a   Thaler, Robert ^a   Evenson, Donald P ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Bacillus thuringiensis; Bt corn; Flow cytometry; Testicular cell populations; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD SAFETY; HAPLOIDY; LACTATION; MAIZE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TETRAPLOIDY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1842430691     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0347362     Document Type: Article

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