Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$534,999.00

Award Date

6/04/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Ribotoxins kill cells by endonucleotically cleaving essential RNAs involved in protein translation (rRNAs, tRNAs, and mRNAs). We have identified a novel bacterial RNA repair system that neutralizes the effect of ribotoxins. This unique RNA repair system a