Fungal glucosylceramides: From structural components to biologically active targets of new antimicrobials

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Nimrichter, Leonardo ^a   Rodrigues, Marcio L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal targets; Fungal pathogens; Glucosylceramide

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84862697525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00212     Document Type: Review

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