Primary Recipient

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Amount

$737,500.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

After biosynthesis within the fibroblast, a procollagen molecule is secreted into the extracellular space where it must undergo a series of very ordered, time sensitive, and location sensitive sequential post-synthetic processing steps in order to become