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Targeting a critical step in fungal hexosamine biosynthesis
Aspergillus fumigatus is a human opportunistic fungal pathogen whose cell wall protects it from the extracellular environment including host defenses. Chitin, an essential component of the fungal cell wall, is synthesized from UDP-GlcNAc produced in the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway. As this pathw...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7324522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32341126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA120.012985 |