Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$420,258.00

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

The g134.5 protein, present in herpes simplex viruses (HSV), plays an essential role in viral virulence. Unlike wild-type virus, HSV mutants that lack the g134.5 gene are incapable of replicating and causing diseases. However, the underlying mechanisms