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The pathogen strains resistant to a compound of interest are useful for these purposes. As the generation of drug-resistant strains is time-consuming and often burdensome, we generated the\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Entamoeba histolytica<\/jats:italic>\n                      strain with a high accumulation rate of genetic mutations by introducing proofreading-deficient, error-prone DNA polymerase \u03b4 mutant gene under the regulation of a tetracycline-regulatable promoter. We validated this \u201cmutator\u201d strain by showing higher genetic mutations accumulated during\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                      passage and, as a proof of concept, by identifying genes and their mutations responsible for resistance against miltefosine. 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Among them, a mutation in P4-ATPase (EHI_096620\n                      <jats:sup>N417K<\/jats:sup>\n                      ) was worth noting, as mutations in this gene have previously been implicated in miltefosine resistance in\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Saccharomyces<\/jats:italic>\n                      . We further demonstrated that exogenous expression of EHI_096620\n                      <jats:sup>N417K<\/jats:sup>\n                      (P4-ATPase) and EHI_035500\n                      <jats:sup>N182I<\/jats:sup>\n                      (kinase) confers miltefosine resistance. The\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">E. histolytica<\/jats:italic>\n                      mutator is a powerful tool for elucidating resistance mechanisms and potentially the modes of action of existing and future drugs against amebiasis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The protozoan parasite\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">E. histolytica<\/jats:italic>\n                      causes invasive amebiasis that is endemic in developing countries and is characterized by dysentery and liver abscesses. Metronidazole is the first-line therapeutic drug that has been used for a decade, although several adverse effects were well-documented and the risk of resistance was experimentally demonstrated. The development of alternative drugs with different modes of action is a prerequisite for future amebiasis control. To this end, elucidation of the mechanism of action and resistance of potential new antiamebic compounds is important but often challenging. To assist the process, we developed \u201cmutator\u201d with a high genetic mutation rate by exploitation of low-fidelity error-prone DNA polymerase \u03b4. 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