Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$123,480.00

Award Date

1/15/2010

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

Several messages can use an alternative mechanism of initiating translation when cap-dependent translation is down regulated. These messages contain internal ribosome entry sites within their 5'untranslated region. The mRNAs that contain IRESs encode pr