Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$431,750.00

Award Date

8/11/2009

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 clinical success of macrolide antibiotics has been curbed due to the spread of resistance. One of the major resistance mechanisms found in pathogenic strains is the modification of the drug-target, the ribosome, by Erm methyltransferase enzymes. The e