Effect of genetically modified corn on the jejunal mucosa of adult male albino rat

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 579-588

  Ibrahim, Marwa A A ^a   Okasha, Ebtsam F ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Genetically modified corn; Jejunal mucosa; PCNA; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE;

ADULT; ALBINO RAT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CELL INFILTRATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM DISEASE; JEJUNUM MUCOSA; MAIZE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RATS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84994157741     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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