Clues to evolution of the SERA multigene family in 18 Plasmodium species.

SERA gene sequences were newly determined from 11 primate Plasmodium species including two human parasites, P. ovale and P. malariae, and the evolutionary history of SERA genes was analyzed together with 7 known species. All have one each of Group I to III cysteine-type SERA genes and varying number...

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Main Authors: Nobuko Arisue, Satoru Kawai, Makoto Hirai, Nirianne M Q Palacpac, Mozhi Jia, Akira Kaneko, Kazuyuki Tanabe, Toshihiro Horii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3058004?pdf=render