biotech reference

• To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
• Subject: biotech reference
• From: aucs@unitus.it (aucs)
• Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 09:53:43 +0100

E. Ann Clark wrote:

>...genes for antibiotic 
>resistance.  For some years, proponents of these products have said 
>that this was not a problem, because the genes would be digested in 
>the stomach - end of story.  NEWER EVIDENCE, PUBLISHED I BELIEVE IN NATURE
OR >SCIENCE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, found otherwise.  Just as 
>we scientists can excise out and reinsert little bits of DNA (RNA, 
>etc.) to make transgenic plants, so too the bits of DNA can be 
>subsequently released and reinserted into new, unintentional host 
>cells - like an E. coli cell...  

Does anybody have the exact reference for this? thanks in advance, 

Marco Biagetti 

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