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Genetic determinants of the function of glutamate-gated chloride channels in the nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Haemonchus contortus

ReferenceGAN13134
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Dr Adrian John Wolstenholme
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Lindy Holden-Dye
Institution University of Bath
DepartmentBiology and Biochemistry
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 281,848
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/10/2000
End date 01/01/2004
Duration39 months

Abstract

The project will use the C. elegans genome sequence, transgenics, behavioural analysis and electrophysiology to provide an understanding of the role that an important family of invertebrate genes, the glutamate-gated chloride (GluCl) channels, have in the control of nematode behaviour, in particular for the economically important parasite H. contortus. It involves groups at Bath and Southampton, both of which have a long-standing interest in nematode neurobiology, the first from a molecular genetic viewpoint and the latter using a physiological and pharmacological approach.

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Committee Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative Genomics in Animal Function Initiative (GAN) [1998]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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