Primary Recipient

ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND, THE

Amount

$669,514.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

Mounting evidence indicates that alterations in chromatin structure and function induce specific and significant changes in gene expression. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are an evolutionarily conserved class of enzymes which remove acetyl groups from hist