Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, THE

Amount

$150,248.00

Award Date

9/30/2010

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 RP2 locus has been implicated as one cause of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), which is a devastating form of retinal degeneration. The RP2 gene encodes a ubiquitously expressed N-terminally acylated protein. Mutations eliminating RP2 acylation a