Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$276,047.00

Award Date

8/13/2009

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

Double-strand breaks (DSBs) are deleterious DNA lesions that occur spontaneously or are induced by chemicals or irradiation. DNA recombination is an essential process that repairs DSBs. There are two pathways of DSB repair, homologous recombination that u