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Exploitation of bacterial transcription initiation as a target for new antimicrobials [ 2011 - 2014 ]

Also known as: Inihibition of transcription initiation

Funded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Managed by The University of Newcastle
Managed by University of Newcastle
Provided by   National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Grant

[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1008014]

Researchers: Prof Peter Lewis (Principal investigator) ,  A/Pr Renate Griffith ,  Prof Naresh Kumar

Brief description Antibiotic resistant infections from 'superbugs' are a major health problem. We will exploit information we have gathered on the machinery that copies genetic information into a message to discover chemical compounds that can be used for the development of new antibiotics with a novel mechanism of action.

Funding Amount $AUD 540,356.57

Funding Scheme NHMRC Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant

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Medical and Health Sciences | Medical Microbiology | Medical Bacteriology | antibiotic resistance | drug design | infection control | protein-protein interaction | structure-based drug design | transcription |
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