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Novel studies of structure and function of viruses using Raman Optical Activity

ReferenceB11770
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Laurence Barron
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Dr Lutz Hecht
Institution University of Glasgow
DepartmentSchool of Chemistry
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 200,894
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 24/01/2000
End date 24/01/2003
Duration36 months

Abstract

The ROA technique, which measures vibrational optical activity in the Raman spectrum, will be used to study viruses in aqueous solution to obtain key information at the molecular level. This includes the fold of the major coat proteins, differences of loop structure and solvent exposure within similar folds, the RNA or DNA conformation, and possibly details of protein-nucleic acid interactions and carbohydrate conformations. The results may also provide new information on solution structure and dynamics of individual protein and nucleic acids.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
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Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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