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ArticleMolecular and biochemical parasitology2013

Identification of essential and non-essential protein kinases by a fusion PCR method for efficient production of transgenic Trypanosoma brucei.

Christopher Merritt, Kenneth Stuart

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Article in Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Christopher MerrittSeattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, WA98109-5219, USA.
Kenneth Stuart

Funding

Genome wide assessment of essential genes in Trypanosoma bruceiR01AI078962 · NIAID · SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI STUART, KENNETH D · 2010 to 2012
$2.5M
Trypanosome Drug Development ConsortiumU01AI075641 · NIAID · SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI STUART, KENNETH D · 2007 to 2011
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS AI075641NIAID NIH HHS AI078962NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI078962NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI075641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Manipulation of gene expression has been used to elucidate gene function, explore fundamental biological processes and to identify potential drug targets in Trypanosoma brucei. We show in bloodstream forms that CDC2-related kinase CRK12 (Tb11.01.4130) is essential since transcriptional inactivation in conditional null mutants is lethal but 19 other protein kinases are not essential since null mutants are viable. We did so using efficient methods for the generation of null and conditional null cell lines of T. brucei by approaches that generate transfection constructs with large targeting sequences and which use reliable transfection and selection conditions. These methods, which are described in detail in the supplementary material, employ multiple oligonucleotides and PCR reactions and several transfections but are cost effective and can simultaneously generate 24 transfectants thus shifting the rate limiting experimental steps from the production of cell lines to their analysis.

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Gene Knockout TechniquesMultigene FamilyPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein KinasesProtozoan ProteinsTransfectionTrypanosoma brucei bruceiProtein KinasesProtozoan ProteinsConditional expressionFusion PCR methodGene knockoutProtein kinasesTrypanosoma brucei

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PMID23685343
PMCPMC3888357

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