The digestive fate of Escherichia coli glutamate dehydrogenase deoxyribonucleic acid from transgenic corn in diets fed to weanling pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 597-607

  Beagle, J M ^a   Apgar, G A ^a   Jones, K L ^a   Griswold, K E ^b   Radcliffe, J S ^c   Qiu, X ^d   Lightfoot, D A ^a   Iqbal, M J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestion; DNA; Pig; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE MAX; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748798242     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2006.843597x     Document Type: Article

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