Investigation of proteolytic pathways in Leishmania mutants overexpressing the miniexon gene.

• Grant number: 07/06443-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2008
• End date: May 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Protozoology of Parasites
• Principal Investigator: Angela Kaysel Cruz
• Grantee: Tiago Rodrigues Ferreira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TOLEDO, JULIANO S.; FERREIRA, TIAGO R.; DEFINA, TANIA P. A.; DOSSIN, FERNANDO DE M.; BEATTIE, KENNETH A.; LAMONT, DOUGLAS J.; CLOUTIER, SERGE; PAPADOPOULOU, BARBARA; SCHENKMAN, SERGIO; CRUZ, ANGELA K.. Cell homeostasis in a Leishmania major mutant overexpressing the spliced leader RNA is maintained by an increased proteolytic activity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY, v. 42, n. 10, p. 1661-1671, OCT 2010. (07/06443-0)