Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

Amount

$471,671.00

Award Date

9/01/2010

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

Heterochromatin formation is essential for chromosome segregation, epigenetic silencing and X chromosome inactivation. In spite of their biological significance, the mechanisms involved in the establishment of heterochromatin domains during oogenesis are