Primary Recipient

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY

Amount

$317,688.00

Award Date

9/16/2009

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 purpose of this award is to test the hypothesis that acetylation of RNA polymerase impacts the ability of bacterial cells to control transcription. The outcome is expected to be a dramatic alteration of our understanding of bacterial gene expression.