CpxRA influences Xenorhabdus nematophila colonization initiation and outgrowth in Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes through regulation of the nil locus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4007-4014

  Herbert Tran, Erin E ^a,b   Andersen, Aaron W ^a   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; BACTERIAL CELLS; DOUBLE MUTANTS; NEGATIVE REGULATORS; NEMATODE COLONIZATION; OVER-EXPRESSION; SOIL-DWELLING; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; TWO STAGE; TWO-COMPONENT REGULATORY SYSTEMS; WILD TYPES; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

DEFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CPXRA PROTEIN; PROTEIN MRXA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BLOOD; COLONIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT; NEMATODE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NEMATODE; NILA GENE; NILB GENE; NILC GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE DELETION; PROTEIN KINASES; RHABDITIDA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XENORHABDUS;

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

EID: 67149144225     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02658-08     Document Type: Article

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