Skip to main content
Vai all'homepage della Commissione europea (si apre in una nuova finestra)
italiano it
CORDIS - Risultati della ricerca dell’UE
CORDIS
Contenuto archiviato il 2024-05-24

Kid mechanism of action in human cells-links to apoptosis

Obiettivo

Prokaryotic toxin Kid inhibits proliferation of eukaryotic cells and triggers apoptosis in human cells, whilst its natural antidote Kis, protects from these effects. Modulation of the intracellular relative levels of Kid and Kis have been used to selectively regulate cell proliferation (or cell death) in eukaryotic cells. This approach may allow targeted cell ablation of cancer cells or of specific cell lineage during development and has potential in gene therapy strategies and in developmental studies. To achieve these goals it is important to understand Kid s mode of action in eukaryotic cells. Preliminary results show that Kid inhibits eukaryotic DNA replication, arrests yeast cells in G1 phase of the cell cycle and inhibits proliferation of human cells which die by apoptosis. On the basis of these observations, the main purpose of this project is to investigate the precise mechanism of action of Kid in human cells and how it is linked to inhibition of cell proliferation and to the activation of cell death.

Campo scientifico (EuroSciVoc)

Programma(i)

Argomento(i)

Dati non disponibili

Invito a presentare proposte

Dati non disponibili

Meccanismo di finanziamento

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinatore

MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Contributo UE
Nessun dato
Indirizzo
Hills Road
CB2 2XZ CAMBRIDGE
Regno Unito
Costo totale
Nessun dato