Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0877658

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0877658

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Functional Dissection of the Bacterial Replisome. We now have the complete sequences of genes in humans and many other organisms, but we know much less about how the protein products of the genes communicate with each other to create and grow cells. Australia has recently invested heavily in state-of-the-art instruments that can be used to tackle these problems. This project will involve close interaction of four laboratories to use new instruments to determine how a large assembly of proteins interact in a biological machine that makes DNA. This process occurs in similar ways in all organisms, and is essential for life. Understanding how DNA is made will help scientists to develop new antibacterial drugs, and learn how to make practical use of molecular machines that imitate biology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-05-2008

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $1,098,934.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biological And Medical Chemistry | Biophysics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences | Chemical sciences | Physical sciences |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biological And Medical Chemistry | Biological sciences | Biophysics | Chemical sciences | Physical sciences

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