Development of a stable transgenic Theileria equi parasite expressing an enhanced green fluorescent protein/blasticidin S deaminase

Abstract Theileria equi, an intraerythrocytic protozoan parasite, causes equine piroplasmosis, a disease which negatively impacts the global horse industry. Genetic manipulation is one of the research tools under development as a control method for protozoan parasites, but this technique needs to be...

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Main Authors: Bumduuren Tuvshintulga, Arifin Budiman Nugraha, Tomoka Mizutani, Mingming Liu, Takahiro Ishizaki, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Xuenan Xuan, Naoaki Yokoyama, Ikuo Igarashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88594-w