In fungi and many other organisms, a thick outer cell wall is responsible for determining the
shape of the cell and for maintaining its integrity. The budding yeast Saccharomyces …

For microorganisms that grow over a wide range of extracellular pH, systems must have
evolved to sense and respond appropriately. The human opportunistic pathogen Candida …

Fungal Cell Wall presents a comprehensive examination of the structure, synthesis, and
growth of the fungal cell wall and explores the reasons for the cell wall's importance to the …

Physical and biological properties of the fungal cell wall are determined by the composition
and arrangement of the structural polysaccharides. Cell wall polymers of fungi are …

A novel 1, 3-β-glucanosyltransferase isolated from the cell wall of Aspergillus fumigatus was
recently characterized. This enzyme splits internally a 1, 3-β-glucan molecule and transfers …

Little is known of the biological attributes conferring pathogenicity on the opportunistic fungal
pathogen Candida albicans. Infection by this pathogen, as for bacterial pathogens, may rely …

The protein kinase C (PKC1) pathway is essential for maintaining cell integrity in yeast. Here
it is shown that various forms of cell wall damage result in activation of the downstream MAP …

Candida albicans, like many fungi, exhibits morphological plasticity, a property which may
be related to its biological capacity as an opportunistic pathogen of humans. Morphogenesis …

A hyphally regulated gene (HYR1) from the dimorphic human pathogenic fungus Candida
albicans was isolated and characterized. Northern (RNA) analyses showed that the HYR1 …

Three glucanase-extractable cell wall proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae were
purified, and their N-terminal amino acid sequences were determined. With this information …