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Recent Publication from research supported by the RCMI Center for Molecular Genetics and AIDS/Infections Diseases Research

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CIAR Paper

 

The article Identification and bioinformatic characterization of a multidrug resistance associated protein (ABCC) gene in Plasmodium berghei was recently published in Malaria Journal. Co-authors include Adelfa Serrano, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, and Ricardo González-Méndez, PhD, Professor of Radiological Sciences, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. Dr Serrano is also co-director of the RCMI Center for Molecular Genetics and AIDS/Infections Diseases Research.

In this study, the pbmrp gene was sequenced and classified as a member of the ABCC sub-family. Multiple sequence alignments reveal that this gene is homologous to the Plasmodium y. yoelii and Plasmodium knowlesi mrp, and the Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum mrp2 genes.

For more details, you can access the paper free at the following site:
http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/1/1

The project is supported by Grant Number G12RR03051(RCMI Program, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus) from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NCRR or NIH.