Targeting lagging strand DNA replication in model and pathogenic bacteria

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1007947

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

An increasing concern is the growing number of hospital acquired infections that cannot be treated effectively with antibiotics because the bacteria that cause them are resistant to drug treatments. This project will develop our basic understanding of how DNA is copied in bacteria that are about to reproduce themselves, and we will use this knowledge to discover ways to stop them from copying their DNA, thus killing them. This will provide the foundation for development of new antibiotics.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $590,426.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Bacteriology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

DNA replication | Staphylococcus aureus | antibiotics | bacterial infection | bacterial pathogen | protein interactions | protein structure | structure-function

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