Studies of the involviment of a 21 kDa protein in cell invasion in vitro and in vivo by extracellular amastigote form of Trypanosoma cruzi.

• Grant number: 10/13404-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2010
• End date: September 30, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Protozoology of Parasites
• Principal Investigator: Renato Arruda Mortara
• Grantee: Laís Flávia de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 06/61450-0 - Molecular studies on Trypanosoma cruzi and its interaction with cells and factors from the host in vitro and in vivo, AP.TEM

Abstract

T.cruzi parasites of different isolates carrying fluorescent markers will be used in mixed in vitro infections in order to examine their intrcellular interactions and modulations.