Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$109,017.00

Award Date

8/18/2010

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 Kissi gene encodes proteins called kisspeptins, v^rhich bind to the G-protein coupled receptor GPR54. Kissl is expressed in discrete brain regions that regulate reproductioa and in mammals, induding humans, kisspeptins stimulate the secretion of gonad