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Transfection of this parasite offers the opportunity to further analyze the biology of antigens not only in a natural host but also in hosts that are closely related to humans. To facilitate future development of integration-dependent transfection in P. knowlesi, completely heterologous plasmids that would reduce homologous recombination at unwanted sites in the genome were constructed. These plasmids contained the pyrimethamine-resistant form of dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase (dhfr-ts) from Toxoplasma gondii or P. berghei, under control of either (a) P. berghei or (b) P. falciparum promoters. Plasmids were electroporated into mature P. knowlesi schizonts and these cells were injected into rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). After pyrimethamine treatment of these monkeys, resistant parasites were obtained that contained the plasmids. Promoter regions of both P. berghei and P. falciparum controlling dhfr-ts expression were effective in conferring pyrimethamine resistance in P. knowlesi, indicating that common signals control gene expression in phylogenetically distant Plasmodium species.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1084\/jem.185.8.1499","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,26]],"date-time":"2002-07-26T16:48:54Z","timestamp":1027702134000},"page":"1499-1504","update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1084\/jem.crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":68,"title":["Transfection of the Primate Malaria Parasite <i>Plasmodium knowlesi<\/i> Using Entirely Heterologous Constructs"],"prefix":"10.1084","volume":"185","author":[{"given":"Anna M. van der","family":"Wel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the *Department of Parasitology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, 2288 GJ Rijswijk, The Netherlands; \u2021Department of Parasitology, University of Leiden, 2300RC Leiden, The 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