title: Polysome profiling of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
abstract: In the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, global studies of translational regulation have been hampered by the inability to isolate malaria polysomes. We describe here a novel method for polysome profiling in P. falciparum, a powerful approach which allows both a global view of translation and the measurement of ribosomal loading and density for specific mRNAs. Simultaneous lysis of infected erythrocytes and parasites releases stable, intact malaria polysomes, which are then purified by centrifugation through a sucrose cushion. The polysomes are resuspended, separated by velocity sedimentation and then fractionated, yielding a characteristic polysome profile reflecting the global level of translational activity in the parasite. RNA isolated from specific fractions can be used to determine the density of ribosomes loaded onto a particular transcript of interest, and is free of host ribosome contamination. Thus, our approach opens translational regulation in malaria to genome-wide analysis.
authors: Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors: Joshua R
authors: JR
authors: Lacsina
authors: Gregory
authors: G
authors: LaMonte
authors: Christopher V
authors: CV
authors: Nicchitta
authors: Jen-Tsan
authors: JT
authors: Chi
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