Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$78,625.00

Award Date

4/23/2010

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

Human diseases often arise from excessive or deficient transcription of particular genes in an organism. Proteins known as transcription factors (TF) regulate transcription of a gene through binding specific sites on DNA known as TF binding sites (TFBS).