Primary Recipient

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH FOUNDATION

Amount

$721,589.00

Award Date

6/18/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The late endosome and vacuole of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are functionally equivalent to the mammalian late endosome and lysosome. Yeast offers the advantage of both conventional and molecular genetic tools and large majority of yeast genes identifi