The genome sequence of the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1307-1313

  Duchaud, Eric ^a   Rusniok, Christophe ^a   Frangeul, Lionel ^b   Buchrieser, Carmen ^a   Givaudan, Alain ^c   Taourit, Séad ^a   Bocs, Stéphanie ^d   Boursaux Eude, Caroline ^b   Chandler, Michael ^e   Charles, Jean François ^a   Dassa, Elie ^a   Derose, Richard ^f   Derzelle, Sylviane ^a   Freyssinet, Georges ^f   Gaudriault, Sophie ^c   Médigue, Claudine ^d   Lanois, Anne ^c   Powell, Kerrie ^g   Siguier, Patricia ^e   Vincent, Rachel ^c   Wingate, Vincent ^g   Zouine, Mohamed ^a   Glaser, Philippe ^a   Boemare, Noël ^c   Danchin, Antoine ^a   Kunst, Frank ^a   more..

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Parc Scientifique de Luminy   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f BAYER AG   (Germany)

^g BAYER CROPSCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT CONTROL; MICROORGANISMS; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

PROTEIN-CODING GENES;

GENES;

ADHESIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; PROTEINASE; TOXIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BASE PAIRING; CADAVER; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORHABDUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 10744220624     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt886     Document Type: Article

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