Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$81,640.00

Award Date

8/20/2009

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 renal potassium channel ROMK is important for potassium secretion in distal renal tubles. Dysregulation of ROMK leads to abnormal blood potassium levels, which are potentially life-threatening. Studies on regulation of ROMK channels will help unders