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Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
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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 about 5,300 genes, and is the most (A + T)-rich genome sequenced to date. Genes involved in antigenic variation are concentrated in the subtelomeric regions of the chromosomes. Compared to the genomes of free-living eukaryotic microbes, the genome of this intracellular parasite encodes fewer enzymes and transporters, but a large proportion of genes are devoted to immune evasion and host-parasite interactions. Many nuclear-encoded proteins are targeted to the apicoplast, an organelle involved in fatty-acid and isoprenoid metabolism. The genome sequence provides the foundation for future studies of this organism, and is being exploited in the search for new drugs and vaccines to fight malaria.
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“we calculated that 1 μg of P. falciparum DNA is equal to 4.067 × 107 genome copies or one genome copy in 24.6 fg of DNA.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gardner, M. J., Hall, N., Fung, E., White, O., Berriman, M., Hyman, R. W., Carlton, J. M., Pain, A., Nelson, K. E., Bowman, S., Paulsen, I. T., James, K., Eisen, J. A., Rutherford, K., Salzberg, S. L., Craig, A., Kyes, S., Chan, M.-S., Nene, V., Shallom, S. J., Suh, B., Peterson, J., Angiuoli, S., Pertea, M., Allen, J., Selengut, J., Haft, D., Mather, M. W., Vaidya, A. B., Martin, D. M. A., Fairlamb, A. H., Fraunholz, M. J., Roos, D. S., Ralph, S. A., McFadden, G. I., Cummings, L. M., Subramanian, G. M., Mungall, C., Venter, J. C., Carucci, D. J., Hoffman, S. L., Newbold, C., Davis, R. W., Fraser, C. M., & Barrell, B.
- Affiliations
- J. Craig Venter Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gardner, Malcolm J.
- ORCID
- Gardner, Malcolm J.
- Hall, Neil
- Fung, Eula
- White, Owen
- Berriman, Matthew
- Hyman, Richard W.
- Carlton, Jane M.
- Pain, Arnab
- Paulsen, Ian T.
- Eisen, Jonathan A.
- Rutherford, Kim
- Salzberg, Steven L.
- Craig, Alister
- Nene, Vishvanath
- Pertea, Mihaela
- Allen, Jonathan
- Haft, Daniel
- Mather, Michael W.
- Vaidya, Akhil B.
- Martin, David M. A.
- Fairlamb, Alan H.
- Fraunholz, Martin J.
- Roos, David S.
- Ralph, Stuart A.
- McFadden, Geoffrey I.
- Mungall, Chris
- Venter, J. Craig
- Hoffman, Stephen L.
- Newbold, Chris
- Davis, Ronald W.
- Fraser, Claire M.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2002-10
- Volume
- 419
- Issue
- 6906
- Pages
- 498-511
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC3836256
- OpenAlex
- W2019851585
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- Funders
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Wellcome Trust (061524)
- Stanford Bio-X
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI028398)
- Medical Research and Materiel Command
- Naval Medical Research Center
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Bird parasitology and diseases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Keywords
- Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium, genome sequence, nuclear genome, antigenic variation, subtelomeric regions, immune evasion, host-parasite interactions, apicoplast, isoprenoid metabolism, gene content, drug and vaccine targets
- MeSH terms
- Animals, DNA Repair, DNA Replication, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Plasmodium falciparum, Recombination, Genetic, Protozoan Proteins, DNA, Protozoan, Malaria, Falciparum, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Malaria Vaccines, Plastids, Genome, Protozoan, Evolution, Molecular, Proteome, Chromosome Structures, Membrane Transport Proteins
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