Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$85,000.00

Award Date

12/30/2009

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

Heat-shock protein 40 (Hsp40) plays essential roles in cell physiology since it cooperates with Hsp70 and Hsp90 to facilitate protein folding. The goal of the parent grant is to carry out X-ray crystallographic studies on Hsp40 to uncover the mechanisms b