A 90-Day Dietary Toxicity Study of Genetically Modified Rice T1C-1 Expressing Cry1C Protein in Sprague Dawley Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Tang, Xueming ^a   Han, Fangting ^b   Zhao, Kai ^a   Xu, Yan ^b   Wu, Xiao ^a   Wang, Jinbin ^a   Jiang, Lingxi ^a   Shi, Wei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRY1C PROTEIN; CRYPTOCHROME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84871656669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052507     Document Type: Article

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