Detection of transgenic and endogenous plant DNA fragments in the blood, tissues, and digesta of broilers

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 10268-10275

  Deaville, Eddie R ^a   Maddison, Ben C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; Broilers; Digesta; Genetically modified feeds; Polymerase chain reaction; Tissues; Transgenic DNA

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DIET; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOYBEAN; STOMACH JUICE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIET; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MALE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOYBEANS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 30544442658     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf051652f     Document Type: Article

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