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- Title
A superfamily of variant genes encoded in the subtelomeric region of Plasmodium vivax.
- Authors
del Portillo, Hernando A.; Fernandez-Becerra, Carmen; Bowman, Sharen; Oliver, Karen; Preuss, Martin; Sanchez, Cecilia P.; Schneider, Nick K.; Villalobos, Juan M.; Rajandream, Marie-Adele; Harris, David; Pereira da Silva, Luiz H.; Barrell, Bart; Lanzer, Michael
- Abstract
Presents a study to investigate differences in pathogenicity between the parasites Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum. Comparison of the subtelomeric domains in the DNA of the parasites; Identification of a multigene family called vir, through the analysis of a continuous 155,711-base-pair sequence of a P. vivax chromosome end.
- Subjects
PARASITES; PLASMODIUM vivax; PLASMODIUM falciparum; DNA
- Publication
Nature, 2001, Vol 410, Issue 6830, p839
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/35071118