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Table 4.

Locations of PQS in the genomes of P. falciparum, P. reichenowi and P. berghei

		Genome
	P. falciparum 3D7	P. reichenowi CDC	P. berghei ANKA
All PQS
Within a gene	34	40	11
Upstream (within 2 kb)	37	5	30
Downstream (within 2 kb)	7	8	7
No gene within 2 kb	2	0	0
Total	80	53	48
Var-associated PQS
Within a var gene	19	33 (inc. 1 pseudogene)
Upstream (within 2 kb)	16	0
Downstream (within 2 kb)	0	0
Total var sequences	103^a	103^a
Var genes	63^a	64^a
Fragments/pseudogenes	6/34^a	37/22^a
Pir-associated PQS
Within a pir gene	3	0	0
Upstream (within 2 kb)	0	1	28
Downstream (within 2 kb)	0	1	6
Total pir sequences	226^a	528^a	299
Pir genes	189^a	351^a	217
Fragments/pseudogenes	0/37^a	118/59^a	0/82

Table shows numbers of PQS found in each Plasmodium genome analysed. ‘Fragments/pseudogenes’ refers to the numbers of incomplete, but recognizable, var gene sequences, which are designated as gene fragments or pseudogenes

^aIndicates gene numbers taken from Otto et al. [31]