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Review
. 2012 Sep;8(9):e1002870.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002870. Epub 2012 Sep 6.

Antifungal drug discovery: something old and something new

Arielle Butts  1 , Damian J Krysan
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Review

Antifungal drug discovery: something old and something new

Arielle Butts et al. PLoS Pathog. 2012 Sep.
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Antifungal drug development timeline.
(A) Timeline of selected milestones in antifungal drug development. (B–G) Chemical structure, name, clinical use, and putative molecular target of antifungal drugs and small molecules discussed in the text.
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