Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$807,950.00

Award Date

8/12/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

RNA, normally thought of as a conduit in gene expression, has a novel mode of action in ciliated protozoa. The PI's lab has shown that maternal RNA templates provide both an organizing guide for DNA rearrangements in Oxytricha and a template that can tran