IDENTIFICATION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED DNA IN FOOD PRODUCED IN UZBEKISTAN

Abstract

The article is devoted to the identification of genetically modified food in the markets of Uzbekistan. The study of food products for the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) was carried out on the basis of the polymerase chain reaction method by searching for the nucleotide sequences of the 35S promoter of the cauliflower mosaic viruses (CaMV) and the NOS terminator (T-NOS) Ti plasmid of the soil bacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The analysis did not reveal any changes in the DNA samples introduced by genetic engineering. The methods used in this study and the results obtained will serve for the identification of genetically modified organisms.