pubmed-article:7773595 | pubmed:abstractText | 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 antipneumocystis agents. | lld:pubmed |