A review of the environmental safety of the Cry1Ac protein

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Issue		Environ. Biosafety Res. Volume 10, Number 2, April-June 2011


Page(s)		27 - 49
Section		Review article
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr/2012002
Published online		30 April 2012

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