Gene deletion from Plasmodium falciparum using FLP and Cre recombinases: Implications for applied site-specific recombination

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We are very grateful to the Red Cross Blood Service (Melbourne, Australia) for erythrocytes. We thank Paul Gilson and Soula Krejany (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia) for the let plasmid. This work was funded by a grant from the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, USA through the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC). A.F.C. is an International Fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Australia Fellow of the NHMRC.