The spectroscopy method provided atomic resolution on the structure of polysaccharides and associated proteins using intact fungal cell walls free from any treatment that might perturb the native ...

Blacksburg, Va. – Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Duke University Medical Center have pinpointed a fungal gene that appears to play an important role in the development ...

Tearing Down The Fungal Cell Wall Date: December 7, 2006 Source: Virginia Tech Summary: Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Duke University Medical Center have pinpointed a ...

This data was used to create simulations that show how the fungal cell walls change in response to these drugs. After echinocandin exposure, fungi alter the organization of the parts in their cell ...

Learn about the ultrastructure and organelles of animal, plant, fungal and bacterial cells. BBC Bitesize Scotland revision for SQA National 5 Biology.

By rupturing the protective structure, the drugs kill the fungal cell to control the fungal infection. One of the newest families of antifungal drugs, echinocandins, target essential building ...

Learn about the ultrastructure and organelles of animal, plant, fungal and bacterial cells. BBC Bitesize Scotland revision for SQA National 5 Biology.