The fate of transgenes in the human gut

Journal or Publishing Institution: Nature Biotechnology

Study: https://web.archive.org/web/20180730143820/https://www.biosafety-info.net/file_dir/697848857c49a7da2.pdf

Author(s): Heritage, J.

Article Type: Journal Publication

Record ID: 992

Abstract: Gut microbes that cannot be recovered in artificial culture may acquire and harbor genes from genetically modified plants.

Keywords: horizontal gene transfer, microbes, genetically modified plants, genes, DNA

Citation: Heritage, J., 2004. The fate of transgenes in the human gut. Nature Biotechnology, 22(2), p.170.