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Genome wide gene amplifications and deletions in Plasmodium falciparum.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 Sept 2007
Ribacke Ulf, Mok Bobo W, Wirta Valtteri, Normark Johan, Lundeberg Joakim, Kironde Fred, Egwang Thomas G, Nilsson Peter, Wahlgren Mats
Abstract excerpt
The extent to which duplications and deletions occur in the Plasmodium falciparum genome, outside of the subtelomeres, and their contribution to the virulence of the malaria parasite is not known. Here we show the presence of multiple genome wide copy number polymorphisms (CNPs) covering 82 genes...
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