Production of a toxic metabolite in 2,4-D-resistant GM crop plants.
This Note questions the safety of crop plants engineered with transgenes coding for the degradation of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) into its cytotoxic metabolite 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP).
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Paul F
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Lurquin
2,4-dichlorophenol toxicity; 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid metabolites; Food safety; Herbicide resistant crop plants