Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$27,000.00

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

The Gly380?Arg mutation in the transmembrane domain of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) is linked to achondroplasia, the most common form of human dwarfism in more than 97% of all studied cases. We are seeking the physical basis behind the diso