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Here, we demonstrate an efficient CRISPR-based approach to generate fluorescently labelled parasite lines using mNeonGreen derived from the LanYFP protein in\n                    <jats:italic>Branchiostoma lanceolatum<\/jats:italic>\n                    , which is one of the brightest monomeric green fluorescent proteins identified. Using a positive-selection approach by insertion of an in-frame blasticidin S deaminase marker, we generated a Dd2 reporter line expressing mNeonGreen under the control of the\n                    <jats:italic>pfpare<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                    Prodrug Activation and Resistance Esterase) locus. We selected the\n                    <jats:italic>pfpare<\/jats:italic>\n                    locus as an integration site because it is highly conserved across\n                    <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                    strains, expressed throughout the intraerythrocytic cycle, not essential, and offers the potential for negative selection to further enrich for integrants. The mNeonGreen@\n                    <jats:italic>pare<\/jats:italic>\n                    line demonstrates strong fluorescence with a negligible fitness defect. 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