Knockout of Anopheles stephensi immune gene LRIM1 by CRISPR-Cas9 reveals its unexpected role in reproduction and vector competence

PfSPZ Vaccine against malaria is composed of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (SPZ) manufactured using aseptically reared Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. Immune response genes of Anopheles mosquitoes such as Leucin-Rich protein (LRIM1), inhibit Plasmodium SPZ development (sporogony) in mosquit...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS pathogens 2021-11, Vol.17 (11), p.e1009770-e1009770
Hauptverfasser: Inbar, Ehud, Eappen, Abraham G, Alford, Robert T, Reid, William, Harrell, Robert A, Hosseini, Maryam, Chakravarty, Sumana, Li, Tao, Sim, B Kim Lee, Billingsley, Peter F, Hoffman, Stephen L
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