Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$140,160.00

Award Date

6/10/2009

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

This project is focused on elucidating molecular mechanisns of skeletal abnormalities in tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome.Mutations of the human TRPS1 gene cause a dominantly inherited skeletal dysplasia tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome (TRPS). Although