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Nature 439, 1004-1008 (28 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/nature04407;

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A var gene promoter controls allelic exclusion of virulence genes in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Mono-allelic expression of gene families is used by many organisms to mediate phenotypic variation of surface proteins. In the apicomplexan parasite Plasmodium falciparum, responsible for the severe form of malaria in humans, this is exemplified by antigenic variation of the highly polymorphic P.

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