Multiple alignments (CLUSTAL) of the amino acid sequences of TSP family of proteins from B. malayi (BmTSP, accession no. EF397425), W. bancrofti (WbTSP, accession no. CD455836), H. sapiens (HsCD81, accession no. NP_004347), H. sapiens (HsCD9, accession no. NP_001760), S. mansoni (SmTSP-2, accession no. AF521091), T. solium (TsTSP, accession no. AY211879) and C. elegans (CeTSP-15, accession no. Q9XVM9). (★) Indicates identical amino acids, (:) indicates strongly similar amino acids and (.) indicates weakly similar amino acids.