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Fungal Cell Wall Analysis

, 2012
Fungal cell wall is a rigid structure mainly composed of polysaccharides (up to 90 %) and glycoproteins. It is essential for survival of the fungal cells, because it protects them against bursting caused by internal turgor pressure and against mechanical injury. Because of its absence in mammalian cells, it is an attractive target for antifungal agents.
Pilar Pérez, Juan C. Ribas
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The fungal cell wall as a drug target

Trends in Microbiology, 1995
Fungal infections are increasingly common and, in certain vulnerable patients, can be serious and even life threatening. The fungal cell wall, a structure with no mammalian counterpart, presents an attractive therapeutic target. Inhibitors of the synthesis of one cell-wall component, beta-(1,3)-glucan, are currently under development as antifungal and ...
N H, Georgopapadakou, J S, Tkacz
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Hydrophobin Rodlets on the Fungal Cell Wall

2019
The conidia of airborne fungi are protected by a hydrophobic protein layer that coats the cell wall polysaccharides and renders the spores resistant to wetting and desiccation. A similar layer is presented on the outer surface of the aerial hyphae of some fungi.
Sarah R, Ball, Ann H, Kwan, Margaret, Sunde   +2 more
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The structure and synthesis of the fungal cell wall

BioEssays, 2006
AbstractThe fungal cell wall is a dynamic structure that protects the cell from changes in osmotic pressure and other environmental stresses, while allowing the fungal cell to interact with its environment. The structure and biosynthesis of a fungal cell wall is unique to the fungi, and is therefore an excellent target for the development of anti ...
Shaun M, Bowman, Stephen J, Free
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Structure and function of the fungal cell wall

Medical Mycology, 1992
(1992). Structure and function of the fungal cell wall. Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology: Vol. 30, No. sup1, pp. 143-156.
E, Reiss, V M, Hearn, D, Poulain, M G, Shepherd   +3 more
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The cell wall: a carbohydrate armour for the fungal cell

Molecular Microbiology, 2007
SummaryThe cell wall is composed of a polysaccharide‐based three‐dimensional network. Considered for a long time as an inert exoskeleton, the cell wall is now seen as a dynamic structure that is continuously changing as a result of the modification of culture conditions and environmental stresses.
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Fungal Cell Wall Synthesis and Assembly

1989
The importance of cell walls must not be underestimated. Once considered to be a nonliving excretion of the cell, its importance for maintaining cell viability is now fully established. Cell walls are essential structures of most eukaryotic organisms and nearly all prokaryotes.
J, Ruiz-Herrera, R, Sentandreu
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Plasmodesmata in Fungal Cell Walls

Nature, 1966
WHEN we compared electron micrographs of developing zygospores of Rhizopus sexualis (Smith) Callen and Gilbertella persicaria (Eddy) Hesseltine, we found that we had both, independently, demonstrated the presence of fine transcellular strands in the newly formed septa which separate young gametangia from their suspensors.
LILIAN E. HAWKER, MARGARET A. GOODAY, C. E. BRACKER   +2 more
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Fungal cell wall chitinases and glucanases

Microbiology, 2004
The fungal cell wall is a complex structure composed of chitin, glucans and other polymers, and there is evidence of extensive cross-linking between these components. The wall structure is highly dynamic, changing constantly during cell division, growth and morphogenesis.
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Biogenesis of the Fungal Cell Wall

1994
Cell walls play essential roles in growth, development, and in interactions of fungi with the environment and with other cells. Besides its primary protective role in shielding the cell against osmotic, chemical, and biological harm, the wall is involved in many other functions including morphogenesis, and some activities that may be denominated as ...
R. Sentandreu, S. Mormeneo, J. Ruiz-Herrera   +2 more
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