Leaf-feeding larvae of Manduca sexta (Insecta, Lepidoptera) drastically reduce copy numbers of aadA antibiotic resistance genes from transplastomic tobacco but maintain intact aadA genes in their feces

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Issue		Environ. Biosafety Res. Volume 6, Number 1-2, January-June 2007 Thematic Issue on Horizontal Gene Transfer


Page(s)		121 - 133
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007028
Published online		26 October 2007

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