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Table 1 Properties of Plasmodium MB2 gene homologues.

From: The MB2 gene family of Plasmodium species has a unique combination of S1 and GTP-binding domains

Gene Namea

Species

Vertebrate Host

Gene sizeb (bp)

Translation product (aa)

PfMB2

P. falciparum

Human

4830

1610

PkMB2

P. knowlesi

Primate

4128

1376

PgMB2

P. gallinaceum

Avian

4638

1546

PbMB2

P. berghei

Rodent

3972

1324

PyMB2

P. yoelii

Rodent

4140

1380

PcMB2

P. chabaudi

Rodent

3921

1307

  1. a. Abbreviations: Pf, Plasmodium falciparum; Pk, P. knowlesi; Pg, Plasmodium gallinaceum; Py, P. yoelii; Pb, P. berghei; Pc, P. chabaudi. b. Gene sizes are based on reconstructions of the open reading frames from the following sources: PfMB2, Genbank accession nos. AF378132, AF378133, AF378134, AF378135, AF378136, AF378137, AF378138; PkMB2, Sanger center contig c000500602; PgMB2, Genbank accession nos. AY328135, AY328136, AY328137, AY328138, AY328139, AY328140, AY328141; PbMB2, Genbank accession nos. AY330346, AZ527175, and Sanger Center contigs berg-524g06.q1c, berg-172a06.q1c, berg-5f11.p1c, berg-524g01.q1c, berg-514c07.q1c; PyMB2, Genbank accession nos. AY330344, AY330345, AABL01000943, and Sanger Center contig ChrPy1_c25655; PcMB2 accession nos. AY330347, AY330348, and Sanger Center contigs Pch0968c12.p1c, Pch0781b11.q1c, Pch0290h07.q1c, Pch0915e09.q1c, Pch0264d01.q1c, Pch222b04.p1c, Pch0781b11.p1c, Pch0264d01.p1c, Pch0290h07.p1c, Pch0915e09.p1c, Pch222b04.q1c, Pch0865d07.q1c, Pch0092g12.p1c, Pch1109c10.p1c, Pch1109c10.q1c, Pch0092g12.q1c, Pch257f05.p1c, Pch0272f01.p1c, Pch1029f05.p1c, Pch0282c03.p1c, Pch322a07.p1c, Pch335b11.p1c, and Pch317g10.p1c.