Flaviviral proteases as viable targets for antiinfective drugs

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1025883

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Viruses hijack the machinery and nutrients of cells they infect in order to reproduce. We will study viral enzymes (proteases) essential for virus replication, use fluorescent probes to learn where the viral enzymes hide and act in infected cells, track the passage of drugs aimed at these enzymes, design drugs to block their actions and stop virus replication, and test antiviral activity against Dengue, West Nile, Japanese Encephalitis and Yellow Fever viruses which infect millions of people.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $620,716.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Enzymes

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

dengue virus | drug design | enzymes | protease | protease inhibitors

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