Plasmodium research in the postgenomic era.
The complete genomic sequence of Plasmodium falciparum strain 3D7 was published in October 2002. At the Next Steps in Malaria Research meeting in April 2005, the next practical steps were considered and the priorities ranked for postgenomic research in Plasmodium. The high-throughput approaches that will help to answer the major biological questions regarding Plasmodium should, like the genome project itself, build community-shared resources, and efforts must be made to help researchers ready themselves to use the tools that will become available.
Duraisingh
Manoj
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Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health Building I, Room 715, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ferdig
Michael T
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Stoeckert
Christian J
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Volkman
Sarah K
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McGovern
Victoria P
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D000818:Animals; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*