‘Strengthening the fungal cell wall through chitin–glucan cross-links: effects on morphogenesis and cell integrity’

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1239-1250

  Arroyo, Javier ^a   Farkaš, Vladimír ^b   Sanz, Ana Belén ^a   Cabib, Enrico ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; CHITIN; CRH PROTEIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOGENESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL STRESS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; COVALENT BOND; CROSS LINKING; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84982095313     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12615     Document Type: Article

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