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dc.contributor.authorMpoloka, S.W.
dc.contributor.authorEl-Kindiy, Oumi Kulthum
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-08T10:03:26Z
dc.date.available2018-02-08T10:03:26Z
dc.date.issued2017-04
dc.identifier.citationMpoloka, S.W. & El-Kindiy, O.K. (2017) Screening for genetically modified organisms sequences in food samples in Botswana using the Biosmart Allin 2.0 GMO screening system. Botswana Journal of Technology, pp. 1-8.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1019-1593
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/1797
dc.description.abstractWe used the Allin 2.0 GMO screening system from Biosmart, Switzerland to screen for the presence of genetically modified food sequences in maize meal samples, fresh fruit and vegetables from some retailers around Gaborone, Botswana. The Allin 2.0 is a multiplex PCR system for the detection of genetically modified organisms that contain the 35S-promoter and/or the NOS-terminator derived from the cauliflower mosaic virus and the Agrobacterium tumefaciens, commonly utilized in commercially grown transgenic crops. From the food commodities analyzed, two brands of maize meal were found to contain a 227 bp fragment amplified by the 35S promoter, which indicates the presence of genetically modified sequences within the products.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBotswana Journal of Technology, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bjten_US
dc.subjectGenetically modified organisms (GMOs),en_US
dc.subject35S-promoteren_US
dc.subjectnopaline synthase (NOS) terminatoren_US
dc.subjectPCRen_US
dc.subjectBotswanaen_US
dc.titleScreening for genetically modified organisms sequences in food samples in Botswana using the Biosmart Allin 2.0 GMO screening systemen_US
dc.typePublished Articleen_US


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