Smruti Bhat

Marine chitinase BtChi disrupts cell wall integrity in Candida albicans and non-albicans species by chitin targeting and release of chitooligosaccharides

Increasing resistance to conventional antifungal drugs against Candida species, along with the limited availability of drug targets due to similarities between fungal and human cellular processes, necessitates alternative antifungal strategies. Chitin, a key polysaccharide component of the fungal cell wall, rep...