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The Toxicity of a Novel Antifungal Compound Is Modulated by Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Protein Degradation Components.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 14 Dec 2015
Raj Shriya, Krishnan Karthik, Askew David S, Helynck Olivier, Suzanne Peggy, Lesnard Aurélien, Rault Sylvain, Zeidler Ute, d'Enfert Christophe, Latgé Jean-Paul, Munier-Lehmann Hélène, Saveanu Cosmin
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In a search for new antifungal compounds, we screened a library of 4,454 chemicals for toxicity against the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. We identified sr7575, a molecule that inhibits growth of the evolutionary distant fungi A. fumigatus, Cryptococcus neoformans, Candida albicans, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae but lacks acute toxicity for mammalian cells. To gain insight into the mode of...
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