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Gene Synthesis> | Mutations of the gRNA recognition sequence were introduced by gene synthesis (GenScript, USA) of the containing homology region in order to avoid recleavage of the successfully tagged endogenous gene. | Get A Quote |
Malaria is an infectious disease of global public health importance. Despite a number of successful efforts to fight the disease, there are still over 200 million cases and 445,000 deaths each year. Plasmodium falciparum, a protozoan parasite, is the causative agent of severe malaria. The parasite is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitos form human to human and has different life stages inside both hosts. However, the only stages that are accountable for clinical symptoms of the disease are asexually replicating stages in the red blood cells. Red blood cells are highly specialized cells lacking a nucleus, organelles and certain cellular mechanisms. Therefore, the parasite has to extensively remodel the eryt... More