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A High throughput protein folding chip

ReferenceAPG17769
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Anthony Cass
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution Imperial College London
DepartmentBiological Sciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 207,840
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/07/2002
End date 30/06/2006
Duration48 months

Abstract

A novel chip based high throughput instrument had been developed by the industrial partner that will allow the measurement of protein thermal unfolding and refolding curves to be measured in a short period of time (a few minutes) in an exceptionally information rich fashion. This will be achieved by making label-free intrinsic imaging (LFII) measurement of the protein as it migrates through a thermal gradient in a micro-channel. The aim of this proposal is to work with the instrument developers to initially validate and then to extend the use of this instrument. Particular focus will be placed on using the LFII instrument to assess the functional significance of point mutations at the protein level and to measure ligand binding to proteins.

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Committee Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative LINK: Applied Genomics (APG) [2000-2004]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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