CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing of Schistosoma mansoni acetylcholinesterase
Hong You, Johannes U. Mayer, Rebecca L. Johnston, Haran Sivakumaran, Shiwanthi L. Ranasinghe, Vanessa Rivera, Olga Kondrashova, Lambros T. Koufariotis, Xiaofeng Du, Patrick Driguez, Juliet D. French, Nicola Waddell, Mary Duke, Wannaporn Ittiprasert, Victoria H. Mann, , Donald Peter McManus
This paper uses CRISPR/Cas9 to edit the acetylcholinesterase gene in Schistosoma mansoni eggs, resulting in reduced AChE activity and decreased granuloma size in mice.
The FASEB Journal · Dec 18, 2020Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology