Insecticidal activity associated with the outer membrane vesicles of Xenorhabdus nematophilus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2032-2037

  Khandelwal, Puneet ^a   Banerjee Bhatnagar, Nirupama ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; INSECTICIDES; PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACES;

INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; SPODOPTERA; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; INSECTA; NEGIBACTERIA; OAT MOSAIC VIRUS; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 0037394609     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.2032-2037.2003     Document Type: Article

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