Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39913589›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

Supersaturation mutagenesis reveals adaptive rewiring of essential genes among malaria parasites.

Jenna Oberstaller, Shulin Xu, Deboki Naskar, Min Zhang, Chengqi Wang, Justin Gibbons, Camilla Valente Pires, Matthew Mayho, Thomas D Otto, Julian C Rayner and 1 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jenna Oberstaller *Center for Global Health and Interdisciplinary Research and USF Genomics Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3033-2212
Shulin Xu *Center for Global Health and Interdisciplinary Research and USF Genomics Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-3053-2387
Deboki Naskar *Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Min ZhangCenter for Global Health and Interdisciplinary Research and USF Genomics Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5443-0992
Chengqi WangCenter for Global Health and Interdisciplinary Research and USF Genomics Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Justin GibbonsCenter for Global Health and Interdisciplinary Research and USF Genomics Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7156-6704
Camilla Valente PiresCenter for Global Health and Interdisciplinary Research and USF Genomics Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5470-1342
Matthew MayhoWellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
Thomas D OttoSchool of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1246-7404
Julian C RaynerCambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9835-1014
John H AdamsCenter for Global Health and Interdisciplinary Research and USF Genomics Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3707-7979

Funding

Chemogenomic Profiling of Plasmodium Falciparum Responses and ResistanceR01AI117017 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI ADAMS, JOHN H · 2015 to 2025
$6.9M
Discovering the essential genome of Plasmodium falciparumR01AI130171 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI ADAMS, JOHN H · 2018 to 2021
$2.8M
A large-scale transposon mutagenesis screen of Plasmodium falciparumR01AI094973 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI ADAMS, JOHN H · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
Phenotype-based Screens to Identify Genetic Factors Associated with Gametocyte Development in Plasmodium falciparumR01AI187153 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI John H Adams · 2025 to 2026
$1.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI094973NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI117017NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI130171NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI187153Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria parasites are highly divergent from model eukaryotes. Large-scale genome engineering methods effective in model organisms are frequently inapplicable, and systematic studies of gene function are few. We generated more than 175,000 transposon insertions in the

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularGenes, EssentialGenes, ProtozoanMutagenesis, InsertionalPlasmodium bergheiPlasmodium falciparumPlasmodium knowlesiAnimalsDNA Transposable ElementsGenome, ProtozoanMalariaMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMiceMutagenesisMutationSpecies SpecificityDNA Transposable Elements

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