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Production of a toxic metabolite in 2,4-D-resistant GM crop plants

This Note questions the safety of crop plants engineered with transgenes coding for the degradation of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) into its cytotoxic metabolite 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP).

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lurquin, Paul F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4764611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28330152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13205-016-0387-9
Descripción
Sumario:This Note questions the safety of crop plants engineered with transgenes coding for the degradation of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) into its cytotoxic metabolite 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP).