Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Amount

$98,210.00

Award Date

5/29/2009

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 specific aims of this proposal are: 1) To characterize the metal regulators AdcR and SczA. AdcR regulates the expression of a zinc uptake system in S. pneumoniae that is necessary for virulence and adhesion. I will elucidate using in vivo growth assay