Is molecular “pharming” a potential hazard tothe environment?

Environmental Impact Assessments

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 77-86

  Stotzky, Guenther ^a   Saxena, Deepak ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Biofactories; Biomass degradation; Biomolecules; Clays; Cry proteins; Humic acids; Pharmaceuticals; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936962130     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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