CRISPR/Cas9 in Leishmania mexicana: A case study of LmxBTN1.

Leishmania parasites cause human cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. Several studies proposed involvement of certain genes in infectivity of these parasites based on differential mRNA expression data. Due to unusual gene expression mechanism, functions of such genes must be further...

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Main Authors: Aygul Ishemgulova, Jana Hlaváčová, Karolina Majerová, Anzhelika Butenko, Julius Lukeš, Jan Votýpka, Petr Volf, Vyacheslav Yurchenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5811015?pdf=render