Identification and functional characterization of a Xenorhabdus nematophila oligopeptide permease

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5621-5627

  Orchard, Samantha S ^a   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYMES; GENES; INSECT CONTROL; MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN;

INSECTS; MUTANT STRAINS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; OLIGOPEPTIDE PERMEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; OPERON; OPP GENE; OPPA GENE; OPPB GENE; OPPC GENE; OPPD GENE; OPPF GENE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PLASMIDS; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 4644362959     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5621-5627.2004     Document Type: Article

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