Primary Recipient

RFCUNY - HUNTER COLLEGE

Amount

$143,890.00

Award Date

7/20/2010

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 delivery of mRNA from the nucleus to distal dendritic sites is imperative for localized gene expression. This is required for protein synthesis-dependent changes in synapse plasticity in response to neuro- transmission. Several mRNA-binding proteins (