Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$416,625.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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

Bacillus anthracis is an important human pathogen that is the etiological agent of anthrax in humans and a potential biological weapon. Two large plasmids, pXO1 and pXO2, play a major role in the virulence of this organism. Gene transfer can frequently o