Will transgenic plants adversely affect the environment?

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-548

  Velkov, Vassili V ^a   Medvinsky, Alexander B ^b   Sokolov, Mikhail S ^c   Marchenko, Anatoly I ^c  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecology; Environment; Genetically modified plants; Human health; Introgression; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CYSTATIN; ENDOTOXIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; LECTIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SOYBEAN TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NONTARGET ORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES INVASION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 25844439983     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703726     Document Type: Review

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