Project description:Plasmodium yoelii YM asexual blood stage parasites express multiple members of the py235 gene family, part of the super-family of genes including those coding for Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte binding proteins and Plasmodium falciparum RH proteins. Dr Tony Holder's laboratory (NIMR, London) has been successful in deleting one of the RH family genes (Py01365) by transfection and insertion of the TgDHFR gene, and cloned the resulting parasite in YM background. The gene expression patterns of the mutant parasite line were compared to that of the wild type YM parasite.
Project description:The purpose of this research is to identify and evaluate the global gene expression of the rodent malaria parasites Plasmodium yoelii, Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium chabaudi blood-stage parasites and specifically compare the blood stage gene expression profiles of samples derived from previous studies on Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi
Project description:RBPm1, an RNA-binding protein, plays a crucial role in regulating axoneme assembly during male gametogenesis of Plasmodium yoelii. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms that underlie this process, we conducted RNA-seq analysis to investigate changes in the male transcriptome resulting from the loss of RBPm1.
Project description:GFP expressing Plasmodium yoelii (Py-GFP) infected, or naïve cultured primary hepatocytes were FACS sorted and re-suspended in TRIzol and RNA purified with RNAeasy kit (Qiagen).RNA was assessed for purity and quality using an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer and transcriptome analysis performed on Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Transcriptome array 1.0. Data output was analyzed and visualized using Affymetrix Expression Console 4.0.
Project description:GFP expressing Plasmodium yoelii (Py-GFP) infected, or naïve cultured primary hepatocytes were FACS sorted and re-suspended in TRIzol and RNA purified with RNAeasy kit (Qiagen).RNA was assessed for purity and quality using an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer and transcriptome analysis performed on Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Transcriptome array 1.0. Data output was analyzed and visualized using Affymetrix Expression Console 4.0.
