Figure 3. Primary structure and inter-species sequence variation of the Plasmodium SERA gene.

The putative domain structure of the gene family is shown in (A). In (B) are sequence variations in Groups I to IV SERA domains using amino acid sequence similarity for three parasite lineages: (i) P. vivax and P. vivax-related monkey malaria parasite species, (ii) three rodent parasite species, and (iii) P. falciparum and P. reichenowi. Percent (%) similarity is color coded.