Extrachromosomal circular DNA: a new target in cancer

P Wu, Y Liu, R Zhou, L Liu, H Zeng, F Xiong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Genomic instability and amplification are intrinsically important traits determining the
development and heterogeneity of tumors. The role of extrachromosomal circular DNA …

Antimalarial resistance risk in Mozambique detected by a novel quadruplex droplet digital PCR assay

N Brown, C da Silva, C Webb, D Matias… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
While the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite continues to cause severe disease
globally, Mozambique is disproportionally represented in malaria case totals. Acquisition of …

Replication stress increases de novo CNVs across the malaria parasite genome

N Brown, A Luniewski, X Yu, M Warthan, S Liu… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Changes in the copy number of large genomic regions, termed copy number variations
(CNVs), contribute to important phenotypes in many organisms. CNVs are readily identified …

[HTML][HTML] Antigenic diversity in malaria parasites is maintained on extrachromosomal DNA

ER Ebel, BY Kim, M McDew-White, ES Egan… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sequence variation among antigenic var genes enables Plasmodium falciparum malaria
parasites to evade host immunity. Using long sequence reads from haploid clones from a …

Single-cell sequencing of the small and AT-skewed genome of malaria parasites

S Liu, AC Huckaby, AC Brown, CC Moore, I Burbulis… - Genome Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Single-cell genomics is a rapidly advancing field; however, most techniques are designed
for mammalian cells. We present a single-cell sequencing pipeline for an intracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Direct long read visualization reveals metabolic interplay between two antimalarial drug targets

S Liu, ER Ebel, A Luniewski, J Zulawinska… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Increases in the copy number of large genomic regions, termed genome amplification, are
an important adaptive strategy for malaria parasites. Numerous amplifications across the …

[PDF][PDF] Expansion of GTP cyclohydrolase I copy number in malaria parasites resistant to a pyrimidine biosynthesis inhibitor

S Liu, ER Ebel, J Kim, N Ene, TWA Braukmann, E Yeh… - emily-ebel.github.io
Changes in the copy number of large genomic regions, termed copy number variations or
CNVs, 13 are an important adaptive strategy for malaria parasites. Numerous CNVs across …