title: Analysis of the 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonic acid region in a lipopolysaccharide isolated from Coxiella burnetii strain Nine Mile in phase II.
abstract: Structural analysis of the 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonic acid (Kdo) region in a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) II isolated from Coxiella burnetii strain Nine Mile in avirulent phase II revealed the presence of three variously linked Kdo residues. The lipid A proximal Kdo is substituted at C-4 by a Kdo-(2-->4)-Kdo disaccharide and this structural arrangement of the Kdo residues is similar to that of enterobacterial LPSs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rickettsiae, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Toman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Skultéty
mesh_terms: D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008050:Lipid A / Q000737:chemistry; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013400:Sugar Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D008050:Lipid A; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D013400:Sugar Acids; C002532:2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate