Grant: CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Primary Recipient
CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Amount
$387,724.00
Award Date
9/28/2009
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
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is linked to a shortened 3.3 kb D4Z4 repeat array from 11-100 to 1-10 copies on the subtelomeric region of chromosome 4q35. The shortening of the D4Z4 array is believed to have a de-repression effect on genes