Primary Recipient

MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE

Amount

$71,132.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

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

Previous studies have shown that HIV-1 preferentially buds from cholesterol-rich microdomains called lipid rafts, and that cholesterol is required for HIV infectivity and structural integrity. Moreover, the presence of cholesterol is also required both fo