Primary Recipient

HOPE COLLEGE

Amount

$466,724.00

Award Date

6/08/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

System xc- is a cell transport system that allows for the exchange of cystine, an amino acid, on the outside of the cell for glutamate, an amino acid and neurotransmitter, on the inside in of the cell in a variety of cell types. The transporter is found