The Bacillus thuringiensis PlcR-regulated gene inhA2 is necessary, but not sufficient, for virulence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2820-2825

  Fedhila, Sinda ^a   Gohar, Michel ^a,c   Slamti, Leyla ^b   Nel, Patricia ^a   Lereclus, Didier ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN CRY1C; PROTEIN INHA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INHA2 GENE; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LARVA; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037406921     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.9.2820-2825.2003     Document Type: Article

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