Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

Amount

$284,128.00

Award Date

8/13/2009

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

Compelling new evidence indicates that a small RNA-mediated gene silencing pathway protects archaea and bacteria against viruses and other mobile genetic elements. This defense system, known as the CRISPR-Cas system or prokaryotic RNA interference (pRNAi