The structure and synthesis of the fungal cell wall

BioEssays

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 799-808

  Bowman, Shaun M ^a   Free, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CHITIN; GLUCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MANNAN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CROSS LINKING; FUNGAL CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL WALL; CHITIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GLUCANS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOSES;

FUNGI;

EID: 33748920925     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20441     Document Type: Review

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