malERA: an updated research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication

RN Rabinovich, C Drakeley, AA Djimde, BF Hall… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Achieving a malaria-free world presents exciting scientific challenges as well as
overwhelming health, equity, and economic benefits. WHO and countries are setting …

Division and transmission: malaria parasite development in the mosquito

DS Guttery, M Zeeshan, DJP Ferguson… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The malaria parasite life cycle alternates between two hosts: a vertebrate and the female
Anopheles mosquito vector. Cell division, proliferation, and invasion are essential 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 …

[HTML][HTML] A genome-wide CRISPR screen in Toxoplasma identifies essential apicomplexan genes

SM Sidik, D Huet, SM Ganesan, MH Huynh, T Wang… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Apicomplexan parasites are leading causes of human and livestock diseases such as
malaria and toxoplasmosis, yet most of their genes remain uncharacterized. Here, we …

The Malaria Cell Atlas: Single parasite transcriptomes across the complete Plasmodium life cycle

VM Howick, AJC Russell, T Andrews, H Heaton… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Plasmodium parasites, the causative agent of malaria, are single-celled
organisms with distinct morphological developmental stages each specialized to inhabit …

A knockout screen of ApiAP2 genes reveals networks of interacting transcriptional regulators controlling the Plasmodium life cycle

K Modrzynska, C Pfander, L Chappell, L Yu, C Suarez… - Cell host & …, 2017 - cell.com
A family of apicomplexa-specific proteins containing AP2 DNA-binding domains (ApiAP2s)
was identified in malaria parasites. This family includes sequence-specific transcription …

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 …

Advances in molecular genetic systems in malaria

TF de Koning-Ward, PR Gilson, BS Crabb - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Robust tools for analysing gene function in Plasmodium parasites, which are the causative
agents of malaria, are being developed at an accelerating rate. Two decades after genetic …

Genetic dissection of a Leishmania flagellar proteome demonstrates requirement for directional motility in sand fly infections

T Beneke, F Demay, E Hookway, N Ashman… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The protozoan parasite Leishmania possesses a single flagellum, which is remodelled
during the parasite's life cycle from a long motile flagellum in promastigote forms in the sand …