Sensitive PCR analysis of animal tissue samples for fragments of endogenous and transgenic plant DNA

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6129-6135

  Nemeth, Anne ^a   Wurz, Andreas ^a   Artim, Lori ^b   Charlton, Stacy ^b   Dana, Greg ^b   Glenn, Kevin ^b,c   Hunst, Penny ^b   Jennings, James ^b   Shilito, Ray ^b   Song, Ping ^b  

^a Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^b c/o Arent Fox ^*  (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; DMA; Maize; PCR; Transgenic feed

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PLANT DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHICKEN; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA MODIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MILK; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, PLANT; MEAT; MILK; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SWINE; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GALLUS GALLUS; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4744359148     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf049567f     Document Type: Article

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