Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Amount

$170,880.00

Award Date

9/21/2009

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

Cell shape, polarity and motility are controlled by the actin cytoskeleton. How F-actin filaments are assembled into functional arrays is still poorly understood. There are numerous F-actin binding proteins that are capable of cross-linking actin filament