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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0344425
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Expression and characterisation of nutrient transporters from the intracellular malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. The malaria parasite invades the red blood cells of its host and this provides it with a safe haven in which to grow and replicate. Within the red blood cell, the parasite takes up nutrients and excretes metabolic wastes via specialised membrane transport proteins which are, as yet, very poorly understood. The sequencing of the malaria parasite genome has enabled us to identify candidates for a wide variety of these proteins. The aim of this project is to establish systems in which the functional properties of these transporter proteins may be characterised in detail.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2003
End Date: 12-2004
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $175,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Gene Expression | Membrane Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Infectious diseases | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) |
