Primary Recipient

CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Amount

$822,500.00

Award Date

6/02/2009

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 Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) is a multifunctional protein that transports chloride across the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells. CFTR also regulates ion transport by other proteins, such as the Epithelial Sodium