Chitin Synthase Inhibitors for Curing AIDS Patients of Fungal Infection
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Chitin synthesis and fungal pathogenesis
Chitin is an essential part of the carbohydrate skeleton of the fungal cell wall and is a molecule that is not represented in humans and other vertebrates. Complex regulatory mechanisms enable chitin to be positioned at specific sites throughout the cell cycle to maintain the overall strength of the wall and enable rapid, life-saving modifications to be made under cell wall stress conditions. C...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nippon Nōgeikagaku Kaishi
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0002-1407,1883-6844
DOI: 10.1271/nogeikagaku1924.71.535