Primary Recipient

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$750,486.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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 long-term goal of this project is to understand the fundamental aspects of outer membrane vesicles produced by Gram-negative bacteria: How and why are they made? Outer membrane vesicles represent 0.1 to 1% of total outer membrane protein in a growing