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A review of the environmental safety of the Cry1Ac protein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2012

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Keywords

Cry1AcBacillus thuringiensisinsect resistancegenetically engineeredenvironmental risk assessment
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Review Article
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Environmental Biosafety Research , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 27 - 49
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© Center for Environmental Risk Assessment, ILSI Research Foundation

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