Induced expression of the Serratia entomophila Sep proteins shows activity towards the larvae of the New Zealand grass grub Costelytra zealandica

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 160-167

  Hurst, Mark R H ^a   Jones, Sandra M ^a   Tan, Binglin ^a   Jackson, Trevor A ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amber disease; Costelytra zealandica; Sep proteins; Serratia entomophila

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GRUB; LARVA; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA; SERRATIA ENTOMOPHILA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEETLES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LARVA; NEW ZEALAND; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SERRATIA;

COLEOPTERA; COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SCARABAEIDAE; SERRATIA ENTOMOPHILA; SERRATIA PROTEAMACULANS;

EID: 34548580284     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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