Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Amount

$549,582.00

Award Date

6/08/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Developmentally programmed cell death (PCD) is a key cellular event, removing obsolete cells and tissues or damaged cells. Thus PCD is absolutely required for the normal formation of an animal body. Compared to other somatic tissues, the central nervous