Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM

Amount

$646,772.00

Award Date

9/14/2009

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 myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) gene (Plp1) encodes the most abundant protein present in CNS myelin. Its expression in oligodendrocytes is tightly regulated. Mutations in the human gene have been shown to be associated with the X-linked dysmyelinatin