| Literature DB >> 24880488 |
Mehdi Ghorbal1, Molly Gorman2, Cameron Ross Macpherson2, Rafael Miyazawa Martins2, Artur Scherf2, Jose-Juan Lopez-Rubio1.
Abstract
Genome manipulation in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum remains largely intractable and improved genomic tools are needed to further understand pathogenesis and drug resistance. We demonstrated the CRISPR-Cas9 system for use in P. falciparum by disrupting chromosomal loci and generating marker-free, single-nucleotide substitutions with high efficiency. Additionally, an artemisinin-resistant strain was generated by introducing a previously implicated polymorphism, thus illustrating the value of efficient genome editing in malaria research.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24880488 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2925
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Biotechnol ISSN: 1087-0156 Impact factor: 54.908