Parasite genetics articles from across Nature Portfolio

Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum can use tRNA modification reprogramming and codon bias translation as an epitranscriptomic response to survive artemisinin-induced stress.

Ribose-5-phosphate (R5P) is a precursor for nucleic acid biogenesis. Here, Guo and Ji et al. show that multiple routes can flexibly supply R5P to enable Toxoplasma gondii growth.

Here, the authors show that two mutations in the Plasmodium de-ubiquitinase UBP1 alter the ubiquitination level, membrane localization, and ligand transport direction of multidrug resistance transporter 1 (MDR1), leading to multiple drug resistances.

Genomic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum could improve monitoring of drug resistance, but implementation has been hampered due to the large and complex genome. Here, de Cesare et al. develop a flexible and cost-effective nanopore sequencing approach to detect drug resistance and diagnostic escape for P. falciparum malaria.

Wang et al. discovered that AP2XI-2 and AP2XII-1 negatively regulate merozoite-primed pre-sexual commitment in Toxoplasma gondii, and parasites depleted of either AP2XI-2 or AP2XII-1 can serve as a valuable in vitro model for studying merogony.

Nuclear organization impacts allelic exclusion. Here, the authors describe a self-limiting protein bridge that connects two chromosomes, and two transcription and splicing compartments, to maintain monogenic VSG expression in the African trypanosome.

This month’s Genome Watch highlights recent advances in genome editing of parasitic worms that affect one-fifth of humans globally.

A new study shows that antisense long noncoding RNAs contribute tovar gene activation in Plasmodium falciparum.

A new study identifies the mechanistic basis for host cell transformation byTheileriaspp. parasites.