Problems in monitoring horizontal gene transfer in field trials of transgenic plants

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1105-1109

  Heinemann, Jack A ^a,b   Traavik, Terje ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b University of Tromsö   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD TRIALS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER (HGT); TRANSGENIC CROPS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CONDITION MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOILS;

GENE TRANSFER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSGENICS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SCREENING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 4444382296     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1009     Document Type: Review

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