Isolation and characterization of Xenorhabdus nematophila transposon insertion mutants defective in lipase activity against Tween

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5325-5331

  Richards, Gregory R ^a,c   Vivas, Eugenio I ^a   Andersen, Aaron W ^a   Rivera Santos, Delmarie ^a   Gilmore, Sara ^a   Suen, Garret ^a   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYSORBATE; PROTEIN YIGL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; MANDUCA SEXTA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA; YIGL GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; LIPASE; MANDUCA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; VIRULENCE; XENORHABDUS;

HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 67749088141     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00173-09     Document Type: Article

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