Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

Amount

$770,000.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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 research will focus on understanding the role of kinesin motor proteins in the photoreceptor cilium. The research will use a combination of state-of-the-art in vivo and in vitro approaches to investigate the essential movements of proteins in the pho