Plasmodium yoelii Protein Knockout Effects on Sporozoite Infectivity

Experimental data from a study on a novel crystalloid protein in the malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii. The dataset, authored by Mayumi Tachibana and shared under CC-BY-4.0, was last updated on 2026-05-18. It likely contains quantitative and qualitative results from targeted gene disruption experiments assessing impacts on parasite organelle structure and infectivity.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between crystalloid protein structure and sporozoite function based on gene knockout results
• Comparing infectivity metrics between wild-type and genetically modified parasites based on salivary gland invasion and liver infection data
• Investigating the role of pleckstrin homology domain proteins in Plasmodium organelle formation based on the described protein family

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0
• Focuses on a specific, novel protein (PyCryPH2) implicated in a key stage of malaria transmission

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 10.3 KB, indicating limited scope
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely contains laboratory experimental results from genetic and phenotypic analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 05:53:48; freshness should be verified