Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

Amount

$34,417.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

Rett syndrome (RTT) is an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in MECP2, encoding methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2). RTT is the only autism-spectrum disorder with a known genetic cause and MECP2 mutations or expression defects are o