Open AccessA Conserved Machinery Underlies the Synthesis of a Chitosan Layer in the Candida Chlamydospore Cell Wall
Author(s) -
Leo D. Bemena,
Kyunghun Min,
James B. Konopka,
Aaron M. Neiman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
msphere
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.749
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2379-5042
DOI - 10.1128/msphere.00080-21
Subject(s) - cell wall , antifungal , chitosan , cell , chlamydospore , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , biochemistry , spore
The cell wall is the interface between the fungal cell and its environment and disruption of cell wall assembly is an effective strategy for antifungal therapies. Therefore, a detailed understanding of how cell walls form is critical to identify potential drug targets and develop therapeutic strategies.
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