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*RMgm-721| Successful modification | The gene/parasite could not be changed/generated by the genetic modification. |
| The following genetic modifications were attempted | Gene disruption, Introduction of a transgene |
| Number of attempts to introduce the genetic modification | 2 |
| Reference (PubMed-PMID number) |
Reference 1 (PMID number) : 23197789 |
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| Parent parasite used to introduce the genetic modification | |
| Rodent Malaria Parasite | P. berghei |
| Parent strain/line | P. berghei ANKA |
| Name parent line/clone | P. berghei ANKA 1037m1f1mocl1 (RMgm-32) |
| Other information parent line | P. berghei ANKA 1037m1f1mocl1 (1037cl1; RMgm-32) is a reference ANKA mutant line which expresses GFP-luciferase under control of a schizont-specific promoter. This reference line does not contain a drug-selectable marker (PubMed: PMID: 20019192). |
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| Attempts to generate the mutant parasite were performed by | |
| Name PI/Researcher | E.M. Pasini, C.J. Janse, B.M.D. Franke-Fayard |
| Name Group/Department | Department of Parasitology |
| Name Institute | Biomedical Primate Research Centre |
| City | Rijswijk |
| Country | The Netherlands |
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| Gene Model of Rodent Parasite | PBANKA_0520600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Model P. falciparum ortholog | PF3D7_1037700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gene product | enhancer of rudimentary homolog, putative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gene product: Alternative name | ERH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Details of the genetic modification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inducable system used | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional remarks inducable system | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of plasmid/construct used | PCR construct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PlasmoGEM (Sanger) construct/vector used | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Modified PlasmoGEM construct/vector used | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Restriction sites to linearize plasmid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partial or complete disruption of the gene | Complete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional remarks partial/complete disruption | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selectable marker used to select the mutant parasite | hdhfr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Promoter of the selectable marker | eef1a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selection (positive) procedure | pyrimethamine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selection (negative) procedure | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional remarks genetic modification | Name of unsuccessful attempts: exp. 1834/1885 The gene has been targeted for disruption/deletion using a construct for targeted gene disruption by double cross-over homologous recombination. The primers of the two target sequences of the gene are provided below. The unsuccessful attempts to disrupt the gene might indicate an essential function during asexual blood stage development. The gene has been selected for targeted gene disruption based on its presence in a proteome of membranes of infected red blood cells. The mutant was generated by disruption of the gene using a linear construct that was generated using a 2-step, anchor tagging PCR method (for primer details see below). The 5’- and 3’ targeting regions of the gene were PCR amplified from genomic DNA using primer pairs 1&2 and 3&4. Primers 2 and 3 have 5’-terminal extensions homologues to the hDHFR selectable marker cassette. Primers 1 and 4 both have a 5’-terminal overhang with an anchor-tag which serves as a primer site in the 2nd PCR reaction. The target fragments from the first PCR reaction were annealed to either side of the selectable marker cassette by PCR with anchor-tag primers 5 and 6, resulting in the 2nd PCR product. The hDHFR selectable marker cassette used in this reaction was digested from pL0040 using restriction enzymes XhoI and NotI. pL0040 is available from The Leiden Malaria Research Group. To remove the anchor-tags from the final KO construct, and to eliminate contaminating pL0040, the 2nd PCR product was digested with Asp718/ScaI and DpnI respectively. DpnI only cuts methylated plasmid DNA but not the PCR product. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional remarks selection procedure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Primer information: Primers used for amplification of the target sequences
![]() Primer information: Primers used for amplification of the target sequences
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Transgene: Mutant parasite expressing a transgene| top of page | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Is the transgene Plasmodium derived | Transgene: not Plasmodium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Transgene name | A fusion of GFP (gfp-mu3) and Luciferase Firefly (LucIAV) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Details of the genetic modification | |||||||||||||||||||
| Inducable system used | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Additional remarks inducable system | |||||||||||||||||||
| Type of plasmid/construct | Plasmid double cross-over | ||||||||||||||||||
| PlasmoGEM (Sanger) construct/vector used | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Modified PlasmoGEM construct/vector used | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plasmid/construct map |
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| Plasmid/construct sequence |
![]() ![]() AATTCACTGGCCGTCGTTTTACAACGTCGTGACTGGGAAAACCCTGGCGTTACCCAACTT
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| Restriction sites to linearize plasmid | KspI (SacII) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selectable marker used to select the mutant parasite | gfp (FACS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Promoter of the selectable marker | ama-1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selection (positive) procedure | FACS (flowsorting) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selection (negative) procedure | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Additional remarks genetic modification | The GFP-Luciferase gene (1 copy) has been inserted into the 230p locus (PB000214.00.0) by double cross-over integration | ||||||||||||||||||
| Additional remarks selection procedure | This reporter mutant expressing GFP-Luciferase does not contain a drug-selectable marker. This mutant has been selected by FACS sorting after transfection based on GFP fluorescence | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Other details transgene | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Gene Model of Parasite | PBANKA_0915000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Model P. falciparum ortholog | PF3D7_1133400 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene product | apical membrane antigen 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene product: Alternative name | AMA-1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 3'-UTR | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Model of Parasite | PBANKA_0719300 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene product | bifunctional dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase, putative | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene product: Alternative name | dhfr/ts | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Replacement / Insertion | Replacement locus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Model of Parasite | PBANKA_0306000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene product | 6-cysteine protein | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene product: Alternative name | 230p | ||||||||||||||||||
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