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. 2005 Nov 18;1(3):e26. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0010026

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(A) DBLα sequences were divided into six sequence groups: sequence groups 1–3 are those that contain two cysteine residues (cys2), and sequence groups 4 and 5 are sequences that contain four cysteine residues (cys4). Sequence group 6 includes sequences with one, three, five, or six cysteines (cysX). Sequence groups 2 and 5 contain PoLV2_*REY. Sequence group 1 contains PoLV1_MFK*. The length of each distinct DBLα sequence within each sequence group is indicated.

(B and C) The distribution of 3D7 var genes in each DBLα sequence group among groups previously defined on the basis of coding and upstream non-coding regions of full-length var sequences [1,33] (B) and the overall length of the genes (C). Genes are classified as short if they have 4–5 domains and long if they have 6–9 domains (see Text S6).