Table 1. BLASTP comparison of the P. falciparum MSP3 family of proteins.

Gene product	E value (% identity, % similarity)
	MSP3.1	MSP3.2	MSP3.3	MSP3.4	MSP3.7	MSP3.8
MSP3.1	0.0	9×10−41 (31,48)	3×10−21 (26,42)	3×10−21 (26,48)	8×10−24 (25,40)	2×10−17 (25,41)
MSP3.2	8×10−41 (31,48)	0.0	1×10−21 (30,47)	2×10−23 (27,45)	7×10−29 (26,43)	9×10−23 (31,51)
MSP3.3	9×10−27 (26,42)	9×10−22 (30,47)	0.0	1×10−17 (32,51)	2×10−20 (25,41)	1×10−17 (27,45)
MSP3.4	1×10−21 (26,48)	1×10−24 (27,45)	5×10−18 (32,51)	0.0	2×10−17 (31,52)	1×10−92 (31,47)
MSP3.7	7×10−24 (25,40)	3×10−29 (26,43)	-	3×10−17 (31,52)	0.0	9×10−12 (25,40)
MSP3.8	7×10−19 (25,41)	2×10−23 (31,51)	1×10−18 (27,45)	6×10−93 (31,47)	2×10−12 (25,40)	0.0

The sequences indicated in bold were used as queries in a custom blast at the Malaria Genetics/Genomic database at NCBI.