Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$455,500.00

Award Date

7/06/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This project will initiate efforts to identify DNA catalysts (deoxyribozymes, DNA enzymes) for catalysis of reactions of small-molecule substrates with multiple turnovers. Nucleic acids are used as natural catalysts in the form of ribozymes (RNA enzymes).