Control and host-dependent activation of insect toxin expression in a root-associated biocontrol pseudomonad

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 736-750

  Péchy Tarr, Maria ^a   Borel, Naomi ^a   Kupferschmied, Peter ^a   Turner, Vincent ^a   Binggeli, Olivier ^a,c   Radovanovic, Dragica ^a   Maurhofer, Monika ^b   Keel, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INSECTS; LARVA; MUTATION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84874686632     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12050     Document Type: Article

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