Primary Recipient

RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Amount

$684,691.00

Award Date

7/28/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Membrane proteins are the gatekeepers of the cell and selectively mediate the flow of information and nutrients across the membrane (walls) of the cell. Membrane proteins are abundant (~25% of a typical genome). However, investigations of membrane protein