Primary Recipient

MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Amount

$734,738.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

Protein-DNA selectivity is a central event in many biological processes, ranging from transcription and replication to restriction and modification. Because of the excess of non-specific sequences in a cell the initial encounter between a protein and DNA