Safety evaluation of the double mutant 5-enol pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (2mEPSPS) from maize that confers tolerance to glyphosate herbicide in transgenic plants

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-153

  Herouet Guicheney, Corinne ^a   Rouquié, David ^a   Freyssinet, Martine ^a   Currier, Thomas ^b   Martone, Aris ^b   Zhou, Junguo ^b   Bates, Elizabeth E M ^c   Ferullo, Jean Marc ^c   Hendrickx, Koen ^c   Rouan, Dominique ^c  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b BAYER CROPSCIENCE   (United States)

^c Bayer sa nv Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

2mEPSPS protein; Genetically modified; Glyphosate tolerance; Safety; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

3 PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1 CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE; GLYPHOSATE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HERBICIDE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MAIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC CROP;

3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE; ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67349138204     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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