Insertional inactivation of genes encoding the crystalline inclusion proteins of Photorhabdus luminescens results in mutants with pleiotropic phenotypes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1261-1269

  Bintrim, Scott B ^a,b   Ensign, Jerald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRYSTALLINE INCLUSION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031932852     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1261-1269.1998     Document Type: Article

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