Xenorhabdus nematophila lrhA is necessary for motility, lipase activity, toxin expression, and virulence in Manduca sexta insects

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4870-4879

  Richards, Gregory R ^a   Herbert, Erin E ^a   Park, Youngjin ^a,c   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; HEMOLYSIN; KANAMYCIN; PROTEINASE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLGE GENE; FLHD GENE; FLIC GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; INSECT; LRHA GENE; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA; XLPA GENE; XPTD1 GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LIPASE; LOCOMOTION; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; XENORHABDUS;

HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEGIBACTERIA; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 47249136134     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00358-08     Document Type: Article

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