Glucans are the most abundant polysaccharides in the cell walls of fungi, and their
structures are highly variable. Accordingly, their glucose moieties may be joined through …

Glucans are the most abundant polysaccharides present in fungi. The present review
provides updated information on the structure and synthesis of β-glucans in fungal cells …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview on the main groups of plant
polysaccharide other than those, such as starch and fructans. Plant polysaccharides fall into …

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 …

ITRMODUCTION The surface structure of fungi, the cell wall, with all its specializedfunctions
in the diverse life activities offungal cells, increasingly attracts the attention not only …

Glucans were isolated from the cell wall of the yeast (Y) and mycelial (M) forms of
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The alkali-soluble glucan of the Y form had properties of α-1 …

Chitin and a β-linked glucan were the major chemical components of Aspergillus nidulans
cell walls. Other monomeric residues identified in enzymic and acid hydrolyses of whole cell …

The 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 …

Hydrolysis of pullulan, derived from strain P50 of Aureobasidium pullulans, by
amyloglucosidase leaves a major portion of the glucan untouched, suggesting that the …

The cell wall is commonly regarded as an assemblage of polymers, mainly polysaccharides,
that occurs outside the plasma membrane of cells of plants, fungi, and bacteria. Because of …