Primary Recipient

COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY ASSOCIATION, INC.

Amount

$684,000.00

Award Date

9/15/2009

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

Heterochromatin was first discovered in plants, but is widespread among eukaryotes and has important roles in chromosome structure, centromere function, gene expression and transposon silencing. Transposable elements (TEs) are major constituents of hetero