Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Amount

$605,724.00

Award Date

5/29/2009

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

The double-stranded (ds) RNA-activated protein kinase, PKR, is one of several proteins induced by interferon and plays a pivotal role in the cellular antiviral response. PKR has also been implicated in other cellular processes including transformation, di