CRISPR-Cas9: Taming Protozoan Parasites with Bacterial Scissor

Overview

Journal J Parasit Dis

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2022 Dec 2

PMID 36457766

Authors

Suchetana Pal

Somasri Dam

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Abstract

The invention of CRISPR-Cas9 technology has opened a new era in which genome manipulation has become precise, faster, cheap and more accurate than previous genome editing strategies. Despite the intricacies of the genomes associated with several protozoan parasites, CRISPR-Cas9 has made a substantial contribution to parasitology. The study of functional genomics through CRISPR-Cas9 mediated gene knockout, insertion, deletion and mutation has helped in understanding intrinsic parasite biology. The invention of CRISPR-dCas9 has helped in the programmable control of protozoan gene expression and epigenetic engineering. CRISPR and CRISPR-based alternatives will continue to thrive and may aid in the development of novel anti-protozoan strategies to tame the protozoan parasites in the imminent future.

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