Genome
The genome of Plasmodium falciparum (clone 3D7) was fully sequenced in 2002. The parasite has a 23 megabase genome, divided into 14 chromosomes. The genome codes for approximately 5,300 genes. About 60% of the putative proteins have little or no similarity to proteins in other organisms and thus currently have no functional assignment. It is estimated 52.6% of the genome is a coding region, with 53.9% of the putative genes containing at least one intron.
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