Primary Recipient

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$2,267,000.00

Award Date

6/08/2009

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

This project aims to define the roles of inositol signaling reactions in the pathogenesis of disease. We will study the role of inositol 1,3,4-5/6-kinase in fat cell differentiation. This enzyme catalyzes the first step in formation of inositol hexakispho