Regulation of toxin production in Clostridium difficile

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/545836

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The research aims to determine how toxin production is controlled in an emerging bacterial pathogen that is a major cause of gastrointestinal infections in hospitals. We will determine the nature of the external signals and the mechanisms by which the bacterium uses those signals to regulate toxin production. These studies will significantly expand our knowledge of how this important bacterium causes disease, a key to developing new methods for the control and treatment of disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $472,169.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Infectious Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Bacterial pathogenicity | Clostridium difficile | Clostridium difficile- associated disease (CDAD) | Diarrhoreal disease | Exotoxin | Gene regulation | Infectious diseases | Prokaryotic signal transduction | Pseudomembraneous colitis | Response regulators

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