Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Malcolm J. Gardner; Neil Hall; Eula Fung; Owen White; Matthew Berriman; Richard W. Hyman; Jane M. Carlton; Arnab Pain; William Nelson; Sharen Bowman; Ian T. Paulsen; Keith James; Jonathan A. Eisen; Kim Rutherford; Steven L. Salzberg; Alister Craig; Sue Kyes; Man‐Suen Chan; Vishvanath Nene; Shamira J. Shallom; Bernard Suh; Jeremy Peterson; Samuel V. Angiuoli; Mihaela Pertea; Jonathan Allen; Jeremy Selengut; Daniel H. Haft; Michael W. Mather; Akhil B. Vaidya; David Martin; Alan H. Fairlamb; Martin Fraunholz; David S. Roos; Stuart A. Ralph; Geoffrey I. McFadden; Leda M. Cummings; G. Subramanian; Chris Mungall; J. Craig Venter; Daniel J. Carucci; Stephen L. Hoffman; Chris Newbold; Ronald W. Davis; Claire M. Fraser; Bart Barrell

doi:10.1038/nature01097

Keywords

ApicoplastBiologyGenomePlasmodium falciparumGeneGeneticsSubtelomereParasite hostingNuclear geneWhole genome sequencingMalariaAntigenic variationGenome projectVirologyApicomplexa

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J. Craig Venter Institute US

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 419
Issue: 6906
Pages: 498-511
Citations: 4383
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                                    Malcolm J. Gardner, 
                                
                                    Neil Hall, 
                                
                                    Eula Fung
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. 
                            Nature
                            , 419
                            (6906)
                            , 498-511.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01097
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature01097