Safe use of Cry genes in genetically modified crops

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 239-249

  Rahman, M ^a   Zaman, Muhammad ^a   Shaheen, Tayyaba ^b   Irem, Samra ^a   Zafar, Yusuf ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Allergic response; Birds; Blood biochemistry; Bt crops; Cry genes; Genotoxicity; GM crops; Human; Mammals; Non target organisms; Risk assessment; Safety evaluation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; COTTON; ECOLOGY; GENES; MAMMALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ALLERGIC RESPONSE; BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY; BT-CROP; CRY GENES; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS; GENOTOXICITIES; HUMAN; NON-TARGET ORGANISM; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; SAFETY EVALUATIONS;

CROPS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; GLYCINE MAX; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84938983659     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-015-0508-4     Document Type: Review

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