Table 1 List of parasites adapted and used.

From: Selective expression of variant surface antigens enables Plasmodium falciparum to evade immune clearance in vivo

Parasite

Source

Description

Day post infection for adapted parasite to appear in peripheral blood

3D7

BEI Resources (MRA-102)

Clone derived from NF54 by limiting dilution61.

3D7-B7 AS – Day 27

W2mef

BEI Resources (MRA-615)

Mefloquine-resistant culture lines derived from Indochina strain62.

W2mef AS – Day 19

T994

BEI Resources (MRA-153)

Isolate derived from T9 strain collected from patient in Thailand63.

T994 AS – Day 21

NF54attB

Niles lab

NF54attB that harbors an attB site at the Cg6 locus con Chr 764.

NF54attB AS – Day 24

3D7attB

BEI Resources (MRA-845)

3D7 parasite that harbors an attB site at the Cg6 locus on Chr 723.

3D7attB AS – Day 30

NF54attBCas9+T7 Polymerase (NF54CR)

Niles lab

NF54 parasites that expressed Cas9 and T7 RNA polymerase65.

NF54CR AS – Day 25

NF54CR AS mahrp1

This paper

mahrp1 gene under the regulation of aTc on the NF54CR AS background.

Adapted parasites used for transfection

3D7-SLI-RIFIN*

This paper

3D7 strain with PF3D7_1254800 gene tagged by a resistant marker for continuous expression.

N.A.

3D7-SLI-PfEMP1*

This paper

3D7 strain with PF3D7_0421300 gene tagged by a resistant marker for continuous expression.

N.A.

  1. *N.A. Not adapted