Sentences with phrase «var genes in the genomes»

But (and here's the clever bit), while this is happening, recombination is taking place between var genes in the genomes of dividing malaria parasites.

Not exact matches

The variant surface antigens expressed on Plasmodium falciparum - infected erythrocytes are potentially important targets of immunity to malaria and are encoded, at least in part, by a family of var genes, about 60 of which are present within every parasite genome.

We are also not yet able to accurately detect changes in key regions of the Plasmodium genome including, for example, the hypervariable var genes, which contribute to the parasites» ability to evade our immune system.