Primary Recipient

WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$234,951.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

We propose to study membrane-active proteins and peptides that cause configurational changes in cell membranes, including pore formation and membrane fusion. Pore-forming peptides are animals' (including human's) gene-encoded innate antimicrobials that ki