Identification of the Plasmodium falciparum translocon that exports parasite proteins into their erythocytic hosts.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/516740

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Up to 10% of the world's population will suffer from malaria in any given year and for over a million this disease will be fatal. This devastating disease is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum that infects and destroys our red blood cells. Infected red cells are greatly modified by the parasites so they can feed and avoid elimination by the human immune system. We wish to investigate the red blood cell modification process and assess it as a potential target for anti-malarial drugs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $409,027.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Protein Targeting And Signal Transduction

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

basis of disease in falciparum malaria | heat shock protein | malaria | membrane transport | plasmodium falciparum malaria | protein trafficking | sequestered malaria parasites | transmembrane protein

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