Identification of the aspartate-beta-semialdehyde dehydrogenase gene of Legionella pneumophila and characterization of a null mutant.

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Published in Infect Immun on May 01, 1998

Authors

O S Harb1, Y Abu Kwaik

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington 40536-0084, USA.

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