Genetically modified crops: Success, safety assessment, and public concern

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 598-607

  Singh, Om V ^a   Ghai, Shivani ^b   Paul, Debarati ^b   Jain, Rakesh K ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CONTAMINATION; DNA; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPS; PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSGENIC TECHNOLOGIES;

CROPS;

5' ENOLPYRUVYLSHIKIMATE 3' PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ALLERGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; COAT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PESTICIDE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

CROP PLANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL FOOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSAFETY; COTTON; CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LEGAL ASPECT; MAIZE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PEST RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTION; POTATO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRONOMY; FARM CROPS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33746371391     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0449-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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