Primary Recipient

PRESIDENT & TRUSTEES OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE

Amount

$415,330.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Bacteria frequently cause disease in plants or animals by using secretion systems to deliver protein or DNA factors that manipulate normal cell functions and/or subvert host defenses. The soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens transports both protein a