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Iminosugars as glycosyltransferase inhibitors: Synthesis of polyhydroxypyrrolidines and their evaluation on chitin synthase activity
Gautier-Lefebvre, Isabelle,Behr, Jean-Bernard,Guillerm, Georges,Muzard, Murielle
, p. 1255 - 1261 (2005)
Chitin synthase is an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of chitin, a major structural component of the cell wall of many fungi. Since chitin is absent in vertebrates, chitin synthase has been envisaged as a valuable target in the search for new antifung
