title: Genome sequencing. Closing in on a deadly parasite's genome.
abstract: Extremely difficult to decipher, the genome of Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent malaria parasite, is already providing targets for new drugs. Next project: the mosquito genome.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pennisi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan