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ArticleNature methods2014

Efficient CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing in Plasmodium falciparum.

Jeffrey C Wagner, Randall J Platt, Stephen J Goldfless, Feng Zhang, Jacquin C Niles

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Article in Nature methods, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 131 papers.

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131citing papers in PubMed
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

131 citing papers in PubMed, 239 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeffrey C WagnerDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Randall J Platt1] Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Stephen J GoldflessDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Feng Zhang1] Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [4] Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Jacquin C NilesDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI VANDIVER, KATHLEEN MEAD · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
Interdepartmental Biotechnology Training ProgramT32GM008334 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WITTRUP, KARL DANE · 1989 to 2018
$15.2M
TRAINING GRANTS IN ENVIROMENTAL TOXICOLOGYT32ES007020 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ESSIGMANN, JOHN M · 1985 to 2024
$13.1M
Isogenic Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Models of Human Disease MutationsR01DK097768 · NIDDK · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI COWAN, CHAD ALBERT, ZHANG, FENG · 2012 to 2016
$11.0M
Probing Neuropsychiatric Diseases Using Targeted Epigenome and Genome EngineeringDP1MH100706 · NIMH · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI ZHANG, FENG · 2012 to 2016
$4.3M
Engineered Regulated RNA Localization and Transport in Biological SystemsDP2OD007124 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI NILES, JACQUIN C · 2010 to 2010
$2.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK097768NIEHS NIH HHS 5-T32-ES007020NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109NIEHS NIH HHS P30-ES002109NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007020NIGMS NIH HHS 5-T32-GM08334NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008334NIH HHS 1DP2OD007124NIH HHS DP2 OD007124NIMH NIH HHS DP1 MH100706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria is a major cause of global morbidity and mortality, and new strategies for treating and preventing this disease are needed. Here we show that the Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 DNA endonuclease and single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) produced using T7 RNA polymerase (T7 RNAP) efficiently edit the Plasmodium falciparum genome. Targeting the genes encoding native knob-associated histidine-rich protein (kahrp) and erythrocyte binding antigen 175 (eba-175), we achieved high (≥ 50-100%) gene disruption frequencies within the usual time frame for generating transgenic parasites.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBase SequenceCRISPR-Cas SystemsGenetic EngineeringGenomeMolecular Sequence DataPlasmodium falciparumRNA Editing

Identifiers

PMID25108687
PMCPMC4199390
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