In this post I’d like to discuss a natural product that is near and dear to my heart; the oil of the Copaiba genus of trees. The reason this natural product is special to me is because it’s mechanism of action was part of a side project I investigated as a graduate student. During that […]
Monthly Archives: May 2021
One important class of proteins found in eukaryotic domain of biology is chaperonins. These proteins serve to assist the preparation of other proteins via assisted folding as well as other mechanisms. These types of proteins have emerged as potential targets for antifungal therapeutics since, without their function, many other essential cellular processes fail. A “new” […]