The main virulence determinant of Yersinia entomophaga MH96 is a broad-host-range toxin complex active against insects

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1966-1980

  Hurst, Mark R H ^a   Jones, Sandra A ^a   Binglin, Tan ^a   Harper, Lincoln A ^a   Jackson, Trevor A ^a   Glare, Travis R ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHITINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTOLOGY; HOST RANGE; INSECT; LD 50; MIDGUT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHYLOGENY; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUPERNATANT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPOSON; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTOMOPHAGA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEETLES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COSTELYTRA ZEALANDICA; ENTOMOPHAGA; HEXAPODA; LURIA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; YERSINIA;

EID: 79955416531     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01044-10     Document Type: Article

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