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Abstract
The child-killer and famously recalcitrant parasite Cryptosporidium is the latest organism to yield to the magic of CRISPR/Cas9. The ability to knockout genes and introduce markers promises a new heyday for drug discovery and vaccine development as well as the basic biology of these fascinating parasites.Entities:
Keywords: CRISPR/Cas9; gene knockout; reporter parasites; target validation
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26304816 PMCID: PMC4568825 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.08.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Parasitol ISSN: 1471-4922