Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

Amount

$25,259.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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 study of the developmental regulation of tooth number and shape is important for understanding both human disease and evolutionary biology. Mammalian tooth development is controlled by signaling between the oral epithelium and the neural crest-derived