Expression of the antifeeding gene anfA1 in Serratia entomophila requires RpoS

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1711-1714

  Giddens, Stephen R ^a   Tormo, Antonio ^b   Mahanty, H Khris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERRATIA; SERRATIA ENTOMOPHILA; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEETLES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SERRATIA; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA ENTOMOPHILA;

EID: 0034031394     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1711-1714.2000     Document Type: Article

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