Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$383,750.00

Award Date

9/21/2009

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

Purpose. To elucidate molecular mechanisms involved in HIV Tat function. Abstract: The HIV-1 Tat protein is essential for viral replication and it acts to activate RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) elongation of the integrated provirus. To a considerable ext