Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM

Amount

$24,969.00

Award Date

6/01/2009

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 goal of this project is to structurally understand how the thromboxane A2 synthase (TXAS), coordinates (couples) with the upstream cyclooxygenase (COX) isoform-1 (COX-1) vs. isoform-2 (COX-2) in the biosynthesis of TXA2 (a key pro-thrombotic mediator