DRP000197
Plasmodium cynomolgi strain ATCC 30046 genome sequencing
Source of DNA/RNA used for sequencing: Genomic DNA of <i>Plasmodium cynomolgi</i> (strain ATCC 30046) was obtained from the blood of <i>Macaca fuscata</i> experimentally infected with the parasite, which was originally isolated from <i>Macaca fascicularis</i> in Cambodia and supplied from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC #30046). The human malaria parasite, <i>Plasmodium vivax</i>, belongs to malaria parasites that infect Old World monkeys. Comparative genomics of <i>P. cynomolgi</i>, the closest relative to <i>P. vivax</i>, and related parasites is expected to elucidate <i>P. vivax</i>-specific genomic changes associated with the infectivity to humans.