Health safety assessment of rice genetically modified with both genes of BT and EPSPS using a mouse (Mus musculus) model

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 80-90

  Mo, X ^a   Tan, Z ^a   Xu, M ^a   Yan, H ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosafety assessment; Cytotoxicity; Feeding; Genetically modified rice; Mus musculus

Indexed keywords

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84938854706     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: 23098694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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