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DNA damage drives antigen diversification in Trypanosoma brucei

Smith JE, Wang KJ, Kennedy EM, Munday JC, Singer L, Hakim JMC, So J, Beaver AK, Magesh A, Gilligan-Steinberg SD, Zheng J, Zhang B, Moorthy DN, Brown ZE, Akin EH, Mwakibete L, McCulloch R, Mugnier MR
Nature (2026) (Link opens in a new window) Article

Plasmids from Article

ID Plasmid Purpose
245102pLEW100v5-BSD-FLAG-La-Cas9Inserts tetracycline-inducible codon optimized, nuclceus targeted FLAG-Cas9 into T. brucei cells at the rDNA spacer
245103pUC19-HYG-BES1-AnTat1.1-teloInserts VSG AnTat1.1 in T. brucei cells at Lister427 BES1
245104pUC19-HYG-BES1-VSG-228-teloInserts VSG-228 in T. brucei cells at Lister427 BES1
245105pHD309-PUR-VSG-228 Inserts VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei tubulin array
245106pLEW100v5-PUR-VSG-228 Inserts VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei rDNA spacer
245107pLEW100v5-177-PUR-VSG-228Inserts VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei minichromosomes using the 177bp repeats
245108pLEW100v5-PUR-T7-sgRNAPlasmid backbone to for inserting a T7 promoter driven guide RNA into the rDNA spacer of T. brucei
245109pLEW100v5-PUR-VSG-228.noUTRSInserts VSG-228 coding sequence without UTRs in T. brucei rDNA spacer
245110pLEW100v5-PUR-VSG-228.500bpInserts 500 bp of VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei rDNA spacer centered at AnTat1.1 position 694
245111pLEW100v5-PUR-VSG-228.400bpInserts 400 bp of VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei rDNA spacer centered at AnTat1.1 position 694
245112pLEW100v5-PUR-VSG-228.300bpInserts 300 bp of VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei rDNA spacer centered at AnTat1.1 position 694
245113pLEW100v5-PUR-VSG-228.200bpInserts 200 bp of VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei rDNA spacer centered at AnTat1.1 position 694
245114pLEW100v5-PUR-VSG-228.100bpInserts 100 bp of VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei rDNA spacer centered at AnTat1.1 position 694
245115pLEW100v5-PUR-VSG-228.100bp_offsetInserts 100 bp of VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei rDNA spacer overlapping AnTat1.1 position 694, centered around common VSG-228 insertion
245116pLEW100v5-BSD-VSG-228Inserts VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei rDNA spacer
245117pLEW100v5-NEO-VSG-228Inserts VSG-228 coding sequence in T. brucei rDNA spacer
245118pLEW100v5-NEO-T7-sgRNAPlasmid backbone to for inserting a T7 promoter driven guide RNA into the rDNA spacer of T. brucei
245119pLEW100v5-BSD-T7-sgRNAPlasmid backbone to for inserting a T7 promoter driven guide RNA into the rDNA spacer of T. brucei

Antibodies from Article