Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO

Amount

$593,833.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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

Developing germ cells must be in intimate contact with Sertoli cells for the successful completion of spermatogenesis. This cellular interaction is facilitated by specialized actin-based adherens junctional complexes known as ectoplasmic specializations (