Unsuccessful search for DNA transfer from transgenic plants to bacteria in the intestine of the tobacco horn worm, Manduca sexta
Deni J, Message B, Chioccioli M, Tepfer D. Unsuccessful search for DNA transfer from transgenic plants to bacteria in the intestine of the tobacco horn worm, Manduca sexta. Transgenic Research 2005, 14: 207-215. PMID: 16022391, DOI: 10.1007/s11248-004-6701-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTobacco horn wormTransgenic plantsDNA transferIntact leaf cellsKanamycin resistance geneLeaf cellsNptII geneHeat-labile activityResistance genesNative bacteriaGene transferTransfer of fragmentsExchange assayDNAGenesBacteriaPlantsIntestinal bacteriaNptIIAcinetobacterWormsChloroplastsGutBD413Manduca