Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$40,827.00

Award Date

9/28/2009

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 Kiss1 gene codes for a family of peptides called kisspeptins, which bind to a G protein-coupled receptor known as Kiss1r (also known as GPR54). Kisspeptin signaling through Kiss1r is essential for normal reproductive development and fertility. Kiss1 i