''For the sigma N-transcription factor activator protein in prokaryotes, see

NtrC NtrC (Nitrogen regulatory protein C) is the name of the protein necessary for the prokaryotic regulation transcription factor sigma N (sigma 54) to form an open complex with RNA polymerase in order to activate glnA transcription. The closed -> ope ...

'' The National Transportation Research Center (NTRC) is an institution, located in

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the stat ...

, that conducts research and development aimed at increasing the efficiency and safety of

transportation Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land ( rail and road), water, cable, pipelin ...

systems and reducing their energy utilization and effects on the environment. It is operated as a partnership between the

United States Department of Energy The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and manages the research and development of nuclear power and nuclear weapons in the United States ...

, the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th sta ...

, and

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a U.S. multiprogram science and technology national laboratory sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and administered, managed, and operated by UT–Battelle as a federally funded research an ...

(ORNL) and is located approximately halfway between the university campus and the ORNL site in Oak Ridge. About two-thirds of the NTRC building contains research laboratories.

External links

NTRC Official Web site
Transportation in the United States Organizations based in Knoxville, Tennessee Oak Ridge National Laboratory Buildings and structures in Anderson County, Tennessee {{KnoxCountyTN-geo-stub