Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

Amount

$127,606.00

Award Date

12/31/2009

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

The AsiA protein, a novel transcriptional regulator and product of the T4-bacteriophage asiA gene, is lethal to bacterial cells. The natural antibiotic tendencies of this protein, combined with the fact that it interacts with highly conserved elements of