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Genome projects, genetic analysis, and the changing landscape of malaria research
T E Wellems1, X Z Su, M Ferdig
1Malaria Genetics Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 4, Room 126, 4 Center Drive, MSC 0425, Bethesda, MD 20892-0425, USA. tew@helix.nih.gov
Current Opinion in Microbiology
|August 25, 1999
Abstract:
Genome analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite already is identifying genes relevant to therapeutic- and vaccine-related research. The genetic blueprint of P. falciparum will ultimately need to be understood at multiple levels of an integrated system and will provide a detailed account of the life processes of the parasite and of the devastating disease it causes.