A genome-scale vector resource enables high-throughput reverse genetic screening in a malaria parasite

AR Gomes, E Bushell, F Schwach, G Girling, B Anar… - Cell host & …, 2015 - cell.com
The genome-wide identification of gene functions in malaria parasites is hampered by a lack
of reverse genetic screening methods. We present a large-scale resource of barcoded …

Expansion of experimental genetics approaches for Plasmodium berghei with versatile transfection vectors

TWA Kooij, MM Rauch, K Matuschewski - Molecular and biochemical …, 2012 - Elsevier
Experimental reverse genetic approaches have proven powerful in the study of the biology
of the malaria parasite. The murine malaria model parasite Plasmodium berghei is the …

Linkage group selection: rapid gene discovery in malaria parasites

R Culleton, A Martinelli, P Hunt, R Carter - Genome research, 2005 - genome.cshlp.org
The identification of parasite genes controlling phenotypes such as drug resistance,
virulence, immunogenicity, and transmission is vital to malaria research. Classical genetic …

PlasmoGEM, a database supporting a community resource for large-scale experimental genetics in malaria parasites

F Schwach, E Bushell, AR Gomes, B Anar… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Plasmodium Genetic Modification (Plasmo GEM) database (http://plasmogem.
sanger. ac. uk) provides access to a resource of modular, versatile and adaptable vectors for …

[HTML][HTML] Functional profiling of a Plasmodium genome reveals an abundance of essential genes

E Bushell, AR Gomes, T Sanderson, B Anar, G Girling… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The genomes of malaria parasites contain many genes of unknown function. To assist drug
development through the identification of essential genes and pathways, we have measured …

A scalable pipeline for highly effective genetic modification of a malaria parasite

C Pfander, B Anar, F Schwach, TD Otto, M Brochet… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
In malaria parasites, the systematic experimental validation of drug and vaccine targets by
reverse genetics is constrained by the inefficiency of homologous recombination and by the …

Dissecting malaria biology and epidemiology using population genetics and genomics

S Auburn, AE Barry - International journal for parasitology, 2017 - Elsevier
Molecular approaches have an increasingly recognized utility in surveillance of malaria
parasite populations, not only in defining prevalence and incidence with higher sensitivity …

Malaria research in the post-genomic era

EA Winzeler - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
For many pathogens the availability of genome sequence, permitting genome-dependent
methods of research, can partially substitute for powerful forward genetic methods (genome …

Identification of genes required for Plasmodium gametocyte-to-sporozoite development in the mosquito vector

CV Ukegbu, AR Gomes, M Giorgalli, M Campos… - Cell host & …, 2023 - cell.com
Malaria remains one of the most devastating infectious diseases. Reverse genetic screens
offer a powerful approach to identify genes and molecular processes governing malaria …

Towards genome-wide experimental genetics in the in vivo malaria model parasite Plasmodium berghei

JM Matz, TWA Kooij - Pathogens and global health, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Plasmodium berghei was identified as a parasite of thicket rats (Grammomys dolichurus)
and Anopheles dureni mosquitoes in African highland forests. Successful adaptation to a …