Short communicationGene editing in Plasmodium berghei made easy: Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 protocol using linear donor template and ribozymes for sgRNA generation
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank Scott E. Lindner for critical discussions for the experimental procedures. Maria Andreadaki for providing the flag:act II construct, technical guidance and meaningful discussions on the work. The authors also thank Andreanni Geronicolou for her assistance in the initial parts of this project. The authors gratefully acknowledge funding for this study from Fondation Sante (to ISK). ED was supported by BIOIMAGING‐GR (MIS 5002755) implemented under “Action for Strengthening
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