Development of conditional knock-out system for the human parasite Plasmodium falciparum

• Main Author: Neo, Cher Hao
• Other Authors: Peter Rainer Preiser
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Virology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16356
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Malaria is a global burden with half of the worlds population at risk. The main causative agent of Malaria in humans is Plasmodium falciparum. The FKBP destabilization domain was recently found to be able to regulate protein expression in Plasmodium falciparum. The aim of my project was to re-establ...