Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$252,000.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Chromatin remodeling occurs due to covalent histone modifications. Two major enzymes, histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs), regulate histone acetylation and deacetylation, respectively. The acetylation of histones leads to a