Examination of xenorhabdus nematophila lipases in pathogenic and mutualistic host interactions reveals a role for xlpA in nematode progeny productions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 221-229

  Richards, Gregory R ^a   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INSECT PATHOGENS; LIPASE ACTIVITY; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEMATODE COLONIZATION; NUTRIENT ACQUISITION; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL; WILD TYPES; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); INSECT CONTROL; LIPASES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PRODUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

GENE ENCODING;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST RANGE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MOTH; NEMATODE; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE; XENORHABDUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; LECITHINS; LEPIDOPTERA; PHOSPHOLIPASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 76149102594     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01715-09     Document Type: Article

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