Primary Recipient

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

Amount

$204,260.40

Award Date

4/06/2011

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

Many human genetic diseases are caused by mutations that result in alteration of protein-protein interactions, including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Mutations in SMN protein cause disruption of SMN complexes, including SMN-ZPR1 complexes in patients wi