Primary Recipient

FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER

Amount

$176,000.00

Award Date

6/18/2009

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

Upon bacterial infection, host cells release chemicals that damage the bacterial DNA. Such damage, if left unrepaired, leads to bacterial death. Recombination-based DNA repair proteins, specifically the RecBCD and AddAB helicase-nucleases, are excellent t