Abstract
Members of the Babesiarap-1 gene family are expressed during multiple parasite stages, and are regulated by both transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. In all Babesia species, tandemly arranged rap-1 gene copies are separated by an intergenic (IG) region that is hypothesized to regulate gene expression. In this study, we tested that hypothesis by determining whether the Babesia bovisrap-1 IG region could promote extra-chromosomal expression of exogenous genes introduced into merozoites by transfection, and whether a tandem arrangement of IG regions similar to the rap-1 locus enhances exogenous gene expression. Initially, electroporation conditions of B. bovis parasites were determined using expression of the reporter luciferase gene. Both B. bovis transfected by electroporation and Escherichia coli transformed with plasmid p40-15-luc containing the luciferase gene under the control of the B. bovisrap-1 IG and 3' flanking regions were able to express luciferase, indicating that the rap-1 IG region contains a functional promoter. The chromosomal organization of the B. bovisrap-1 locus includes two identical rap-1 open reading frames and IG regions in a head to tail orientation. To determine whether this orientation ...Continue Reading
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