Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

Amount

$58,723.00

Award Date

9/24/2009

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

THE DIFFERENITIATION OF B-LYMPHOCYTES INTO ANTIBODY-SECRETING PLASMA CELLS IS MARKED BY EXPANSION OF THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (ER). THE SITE OF ANTIBODY SYNTHESIS AND ASSEMBLY. THE PROCESS OF ER EXPANSION IS CRITICAL FOR ANTIBODY-MEDIATED IMMUNITY. THIS