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ArticleScientific reports2021

An integrated platform for genome engineering and gene expression perturbation in Plasmodium falciparum.

Armiyaw S Nasamu, Alejandra Falla, Charisse Flerida A Pasaje, Bridget A Wall, Jeffrey C Wagner, Suresh M Ganesan, Stephen J Goldfless, Jacquin C Niles

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Armiyaw S NasamuDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 56-341B, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Alejandra FallaDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 56-341B, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Charisse Flerida A PasajeDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 56-341B, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Bridget A WallDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 56-341B, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Jeffrey C WagnerDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 56-341B, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Suresh M GanesanDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 56-341B, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Stephen J GoldflessDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 56-341B, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Jacquin C NilesDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 56-341B, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. jcniles@mit.edu.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

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
MIT Center for Integrative Synthetic BiologyP50GM098792 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WEISS, RON · 2013 to 2017
$11.0M
Engineered Regulated RNA Localization and Transport in Biological SystemsDP2OD007124 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI NILES, JACQUIN C · 2010 to 2010
$2.5M
NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007020NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM098792NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008334NIH HHS DP2 OD007124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Establishing robust genome engineering methods in the malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has the potential to substantially improve the efficiency with which we gain understanding of this pathogen's biology to propel treatment and elimination efforts. Methods for manipulating gene expression and engineering the P. falciparum genome have been validated. However, a significant barrier to fully leveraging these advances is the difficulty associated with assembling the extremely high AT content DNA constructs required for modifying the P. falciparum genome. These are frequently unstable in commonly-used circular plasmids. We address this bottleneck by devising a DNA assembly framework leveraging the improved reliability with which large AT-rich regions can be efficiently manipulated in linear plasmids. This framework integrates several key functional genetics outcomes via CRISPR/Cas9 and other methods from a common, validated framework. Overall, this molecular toolkit enables P. falciparum genetics broadly and facilitates deeper interrogation of parasite genes involved in diverse biological processes.

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Genetic EngineeringTranscriptomeGenome, ProtozoanPlasmodium falciparum

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PMID33431920
PMCPMC7801740
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