Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Amount

$191,868.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Retrotransposons constitute a large percentage of eukaryotic genomes, but their replication and impact on host cells is not well understood. Ty3 offers a unique model system with which to understand how these elements replicate and transpose within cells.