Primary Recipient

YALE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$177,242.00

Award Date

8/13/2009

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

Connective tissues, which include skin, fascia, ligament, tendon, blood vessel, etc, all rely upon extracellular matrix to provide the bulk of their mechanical properties. Collagenous extracellular matrix provides the tensile load bearing properties in al