stevor and rif are Plasmodium falciparum multicopy gene families which potentially encode variant antigens

Several multicopy gene families have been described in Plasmodium falciparum, including the var genes that code for the variant surface antigen PfEMP1, the stevor family of subtelomeric open reading frames and the rif interspersed repetitive elements. This report documents the chromosomal location o...

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