Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

Amount

$520,413.00

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

We have recently identified a novel protein secretion pathway (proposed to be a Type IX Secretion System; T9SS) employed by periodontopathogens, including Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, and Tannerella forsythia to secrete a number of v