| Title : Chromosome 2 sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum - Gardner_1998_Science_282_1126 |
| Author(s) : Gardner MJ , Tettelin H , Carucci DJ , Cummings LM , Aravind L , Koonin EV , Shallom S , Mason T , Yu K , Fujii C , Pederson J , Shen K , Jing J , Aston C , Lai Z , Schwartz DC , Pertea M , Salzberg S , Zhou L , Sutton GG , Clayton R , White O , Smith HO , Fraser CM , Hoffman SL |
| Ref : Science , 282 :1126 , 1998 |
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Abstract :
Chromosome 2 of Plasmodium falciparum was sequenced; this sequence contains 947,103 base pairs and encodes 210 predicted genes. In comparison with the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome, chromosome 2 has a lower gene density, introns are more frequent, and proteins are markedly enriched in nonglobular domains. A family of surface proteins, rifins, that may play a role in antigenic variation was identified. The complete sequencing of chromosome 2 has shown that sequencing of the A+T-rich P. falciparum genome is technically feasible. |
| PubMedSearch : Gardner_1998_Science_282_1126 |
| PubMedID: 9804551 |
Gardner MJ, Tettelin H, Carucci DJ, Cummings LM, Aravind L, Koonin EV, Shallom S, Mason T, Yu K, Fujii C, Pederson J, Shen K, Jing J, Aston C, Lai Z, Schwartz DC, Pertea M, Salzberg S, Zhou L, Sutton GG, Clayton R, White O, Smith HO, Fraser CM, Hoffman SL (1998)
Chromosome 2 sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Science
282 :1126
Gardner MJ, Tettelin H, Carucci DJ, Cummings LM, Aravind L, Koonin EV, Shallom S, Mason T, Yu K, Fujii C, Pederson J, Shen K, Jing J, Aston C, Lai Z, Schwartz DC, Pertea M, Salzberg S, Zhou L, Sutton GG, Clayton R, White O, Smith HO, Fraser CM, Hoffman SL (1998)
Science
282 :1126