Primary Recipient

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$37,605.00

Award Date

7/13/2009

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

In the specific aim 4 of our R15 award, RecQ helicase is used to test the unwinding capability of helicase on G quadruplexes. The RecQ helicase was selected based on the fact that the bacterial enzyme has been widely studied and can be easily purified.