Malaria parasite genome scan: insights into antimalarial resistance.
Genome scan and genotype-phenotype association study offer excellent opportunities to unearth drug/vaccine targets in human pathogens including malaria parasites. A recently conducted such study in worldwide isolates in the most devastating malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has reported important genomic information on genetic basis of antimalarial resistance. Several unknown genes were also found to be under strong influence of natural selection. The findings provide important insights into the malaria parasite genome evolution in general and to use this information to develop more focused malaria control strategies, in particular.
Gupta
Bhavna
B
Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Division of Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Sector-8, Dwarka, New Delhi, 110 077, India.
Awasthi
Gauri
G
Das
Aparup
A
D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D006801:Humans; D017780:Malaria Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000469:parasitology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
D000962:Antimalarials; D017780:Malaria Vaccines