Primary Recipient

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$152,500.00

Award Date

6/10/2009

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 broad, long range objective is to understand molecular mechanisms that regulate initiation of skeletal muscle (skm) atrophy. The objective of this application is to explore the role of Merg1a in initiation of skm atrophy. The central hypothesis is tha