The xnp1 p2-like tail synthesis gene cluster encodes xenorhabdicin and is required for interspecies competition

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3624-3632

  Morales Soto, Nydia ^a   Forst, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; MITOMYCIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENORHABDICIN; XNPH1 PROTEIN; XNPS1 PROTEIN; XNPT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOTHS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOTORHABDUS; RHABDITIDA; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 79960420066     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00092-11     Document Type: Article

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