Fungal Cell Wall

Buch | Hardcover

373 Seiten

2013
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62618-229-5 (ISBN)

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The fungal cell wall is a shield that protects the cells against changes in the extracellular environment, and from the high internal pressure generated during cell growth. These protective attributes are associated with cell wall robustness and strength, but at the same time the wall has to be plastic and dynamic to allow cell growth and communication with the external environment. The main components of the cell wall are sugars, proteins and lipids. Sugars are the most abundant components of the wall, and are mostly present as polysaccharides of glucose (alpha- and beta-glucans), N-acetylglucosamine (chitin), and glucosamine (chitosan). Most of the cell wall proteins are glycoproteins modified by a glycolipid and/or oligosaccharides covalently attached to asparagine (N-linked glycosylation) or serine/threonine residues (O-linked glycosylation). These wall proteins play important roles in cell wall integrity and structure, sensing changes in the extracellular environment, and some of them have adhesive properties and hydrolytic activities.

The Candida albicans Cell Wall: Structure & Role in Morphogenesis & Immune Recognition; Sporothrix schenckii Cell Wall; The Cell Wall of Dimorphic Pathogenic Species of Paracoccidioides; A Genomic Inventory of Cell Wall Biosynthesis in the Ubiquitous Plant Pathogen Botrytis cinerea; The Septal Cell Wall of Filamentous Fungi; Adherence, Virulence & Cell Wall Proteins of Candida glabrata; Aspartyl Proteases in Human Pathogenic Fungi: Roles in Physiology & Virulence; Fungal Cell-Wall Antigens for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections; Polysaccharides & Glycoproteins from Emerging Filamentous Pathogenic Fungi; Endoglucanase Expression & Virulence in Plant Fungal Pathogens; Altering the Fungal Cell Wall Integrity & Practical Aspects of These Modifications; Transglutaminases: Critical Components of the Cell Wall Architecture in Fungi. Recent Knowledge Advances in Mucor circinelloides YR-1, an Indigenous Fungus Isolated from Petroleum-Contaminated Soils; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.7.2013
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	826 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mykologie
ISBN-10	1-62618-229-9 / 1626182299
ISBN-13	978-1-62618-229-5 / 9781626182295
Zustand	Neuware