Primary Recipient

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$211,500.00

Award Date

8/12/2009

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 purpose of this study is to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate vertebrate development using a zebrafish model system. Collagen type XI plays an essential role in skeletal development, as demonstrated by Stickler syndrome a