Primary Recipient

MISSOURI SYSTEM, UNIVERSITY OF

Amount

$404,783.00

Award Date

6/17/2009

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

Yersinia pestis translocate virulence factors from the bacterial cytoplasm into host immune cells during infections through the Type III Secretion System (TTSS). This system allows for rapid activation of injection of Yops, proteins that go on to disable