Specific midgut region controlling the symbiont population in an insect-microbe gut symbiotic association

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7229-7233

  Kim, Jiyeun Kate ^a   Kim, Na Hyang ^a   Jang, Ho Am ^a   Kikuchi, Yoshitomo ^b   Kim, Chan Hee ^a   Fukatsu, Takema ^c   Lee, Bok Luel ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; CONTROL MECHANISM; EXTRACELLULAR; MOLECULAR BASIS; SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATION; SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA; UP-REGULATION;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BACTERIA;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSECTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84888245348     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02152-13     Document Type: Article

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