The Development of Genetic Modification Techniques in Intracellular Parasites and Potential Applications to Microsporidia

Expanding the Biologist’s Toolkit with CRISPR-Cas9

(2015) Samuel H. Sternberg et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Genetic modification of the diarrhoeal pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum

(2015) Sumiti Vinayak et al.   NATURE

The mutagenic chain reaction: A method for converting heterozygous to homozygous mutations

(2015) V. M. Gantz et al.   SCIENCE

Contrasting host–pathogen interactions and genome evolution in two generalist and specialist microsporidian pathogens of mosquitoes

(2015) Christopher A. Desjardins et al.   Nature Communications

Genome editing in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum using the CRISPR-Cas9 system

(2014) Mehdi Ghorbal et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Efficient CRISPR-Cas9–mediated genome editing in Plasmodium falciparum

(2014) Jeffrey C Wagner et al.   NATURE METHODS

Efficient Genome Engineering of Toxoplasma gondii Using CRISPR/Cas9

(2014) Saima M. Sidik et al.   PLoS One

Efficient Gene Disruption in Diverse Strains of Toxoplasma gondii Using CRISPR/CAS9

(2014) B. Shen et al.   mBio

Ubiquitin-Mediated Response to Microsporidia and Virus Infection in C. elegans

(2014) Malina A. Bakowski et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Transcriptome analysis of the parasite Encephalitozoon cuniculi: an in-depth examination of pre-mRNA splicing in a reduced eukaryote

(2013) Cameron J Grisdale et al.   BMC GENOMICS

One-Step Generation of Mice Carrying Mutations in Multiple Genes by CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Genome Engineering

(2013) Haoyi Wang et al.   CELL

Genetic systems for studying obligate intracellular pathogens: an update

(2013) David O Wood et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Extremely Reduced Levels of Heterozygosity in the Vertebrate Pathogen Encephalitozoon cuniculi

(2013) Mohammed Selman et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

A bright monomeric green fluorescent protein derived from Branchiostoma lanceolatum

(2013) Nathan C Shaner et al.   NATURE METHODS

Malaria parasites utilize both homologous recombination and alternative end joining pathways to maintain genome integrity

(2013) Laura A. Kirkman et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Improved Blue, Green, and Red Fluorescent Protein Tagging Vectors for S. cerevisiae

(2013) Sidae Lee et al.   PLoS One

Microsporidian genome analysis reveals evolutionary strategies for obligate intracellular growth

(2012) C. A. Cuomo et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

EuPathDB: The Eukaryotic Pathogen database

(2012) C. Aurrecoechea et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Advances in Genetic Manipulation of Obligate Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens

(2011) Paul A. Beare et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

AmoebaDB and MicrosporidiaDB: functional genomic resources for Amoebozoa and Microsporidia species

(2010) C. Aurrecoechea et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The complete sequence of the smallest known nuclear genome from the microsporidian Encephalitozoon intestinalis

(2010) Nicolas Corradi et al.   Nature Communications

Efficient Gene Replacements inToxoplasma gondiiStrains Deficient for Nonhomologous End Joining

(2009) Barbara A. Fox et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL