The cell cycle of pathogenic fungi: target for drugs.

Prog Cell Cycle Res

Aventis Pharma, Infectious Diseases Group, 102 route de Noisy, F93235 Romainville, France.

Published: December 2003

Life-threatening fungal infections are becoming more frequent and involve a greater variety of strains, many of which are drug-resistant. Both public research organisations and the pharmaceutical industry are committed to the development of new drugs to satisfy this increasing medical need. The approach described here exemplifies the efforts directed towards the discovery of drugs which are active against novel targets, exemplified by the cell-cycle regulator, Civ1.

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