Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
The parasite Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for hundreds of millions of cases of malaria, and kills more than one million African children annually. Here we report an analysis of the genome sequence of P. falciparum clone 3D7. The 23-megabase nuclear genome consists of 14 chromosomes, encodes...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2002
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