Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Amount

$104,464.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

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 iron-sulfur enzyme nitrogenase converts atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, but the role of iron in the reaction is not understood. This project studies simple iron compounds in an effort to demonstrate the fundamental reactions taking place in the enz