A review of the environmental safety of the Cry1Ab protein

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Issue		Environ. Biosafety Res. Volume 10, Number 3, July-September 2011


Page(s)		51 - 71
Section		Review article
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr/2012003
Published online		30 April 2012

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