Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE

Amount

$1,000,000.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

RNA interference (RNAi) functions as an antiviral immunity in fungi, plants, insects and nematodes. In this immunity, dsRNA produced during replication of viral RNA genomes or convergent transcription of viral DNA genomes is processed into 21- to 24-nucle