Xenorhabdus nematophila requires an intact iscRSUA-hscBA-fdx operon to colonize Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3678-3682

  Martens, Eric C ^a   Gawronski Salerno, Joseph ^a   Vokal, Danielle L ^a   Pellitteri, Molly C ^a   Menard, Megan L ^a   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMALS; FERREDOXINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IRON; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; RHABDITIDA; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 0038623045     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.12.3678-3682.2003     Document Type: Article

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