Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208165

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0208165

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Post-genomic investigation of the relict plastid and mitochondrion of malaria parasites. Malaria is a major global health problem. The malaria parasite has two substructures, a relict chloroplast and a mitochondrion, that are excellent targets for new and existing drugs. However, we do not know the key functions of these two compartments. The entire genetic blueprint (genome) is now available for the malaria parasite and I propose to determine exactly which parts of the genome service the relict chloroplast and mitochondria. This will sketch out a picture of their inner workings. Armed with this information we can take a rational approach to seeking an Achilles? Heel of malaria against which parasite-specific drugs can be developed.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $695,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Medical Parasitology | Medical Microbiology | Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Infectious diseases |

Other Keywords

Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Infectious diseases | Medical Microbiology | Medical Parasitology | Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction

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