MicrobiologyThe FASEB JournalPeer-reviewed
Glycosomal phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase CRISPR/Cas9-deletion and its role in Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclogenesis and infectivity in mammalian host
Carolina Silva Dias Vieira, Wei Wang, Fernando J. Sánchez-Valdéz…·Natália Pereira de Almeida Nogueira
This study uses CRISPR/Cas9 to delete PEPCK in T. cruzi, showing it impairs differentiation and host invasion but enhances replication once inside host cells.