Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, THE

Amount

$83,904.00

Award Date

9/21/2009

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

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to develop novel inhibitors of HIV entry that target the highly conserved N-trimer pocket region of HIV gp41. Inhibition of this essential component of HIV's fusion machinery prevents viral entry and the est