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J Bacteriol
; 182(16): 4654-7, 2000 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10913104
ABSTRACT
The 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (Kdo) transferase gene of Legionella pneumophila was cloned and sequenced. Despite remarkable structural differences in lipid A, the gene complemented a corresponding Escherichia coli mutant and was shown to encode a bifunctional enzyme which transferred 2 Kdo residues to a lipid A acceptor of E. coli.