Characterization of the pleiotropic phenotype of an ompR strain of Xenorhabdus nematophila

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 43-49

  Forst, Steven ^a   Boylan, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

FlhDC; Global regulation; OmpR; OpnP; Symbiosis; Xenorhabdus nematophila

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; PORIN; PROTEIN OPNP; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; PROTEIN; SYMBIOSIS;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE INACTIVATION; HEMOLYMPH; HEMOLYSIS; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; SYMBIOSIS; WILD TYPE; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MANDUCA; NEMATODA; PHENOTYPE; PORINS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 0036418871     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020517307743     Document Type: Article

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