A homoserine lactone autoinducer regulates virulence of an insect- pathogenic bacterium, Xenorhabdus nematophilus (Enterobacteriaceae)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5288-5291

  Dunphy, Gary ^a   Miyamoto, Carol ^a   Meighen, Edward ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; SERINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INSECT; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VIBRIO HARVEYI; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 0030967905     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5288-5291.1997     Document Type: Article

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