Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$146,417.00

Award Date

6/04/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Complement is important part of the innate immune system and is arguably best known for its ability to lyse bacteria, enveloped viruses and eukaryotic cells through a macro-molecular structure known as the membrane attack complex (MAC). The MAC is compos