Does HIV function as a lipid-raft during infection?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/488200

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The exterior surface of HIV has a layer of lipids (a type of fat), which represents approximately 1-3 of HIV by weight. This layer of lipids may serve as a mechanistic trigger, which enables viral components to be systemically released or dispatched from the main structure post-entry to establish successful infection. Completion of this project will define the role of lipids in this process. This new knowledge will be vital to identify new targets to deter the HIV infection process.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $607,289.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Applied immunology (incl. antibody engineering xenotransplantation and t-cell therapies)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

HIV | HIV-AIDS | Infectious Diseases | Microbiology - Virology | viral lipid membrane | virus assembly and disassembly | virus uncoating

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