Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Amount

$151,000.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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

Herpes simplex virus (HSV), and likely all herpesviruses, use two methods to enter cells: (1) direct fusion: the virus fuses its lipid bilayer with the plasma membrane at the cell surface and (2) receptor-mediated endocytosis (RME): the virus fuses with a