Bacterial metabolites of an entomopathogenic bacterium, xenorhabdus nematophila, inhibit a catalytic activity of phenoloxidase of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-322

  Song, Christine Jisoo ^a   Seo, Samyeol ^b   Shrestha, Sony ^b   Kim, Yonggyun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b Andong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benzylideneacetone; Immunity; Melanization; Phenoloxidase; Plutella xylostella; Xenorhabdus nematophila

Indexed keywords

BENZYLIDENEACETONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEVODOPA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYLATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLITE; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BUTANONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LEVODOPA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLASMA; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 79953279786     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1010.10034     Document Type: Article

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