Phylogenomic analyses of malaria parasites and evolution of their exported proteins
Abstract Background Plasmodium falciparum is the most malignant agent of human malaria.It belongs to the taxon Laverania, which includes other ape-infecting Plasmodium species.The origin of the Laverania is still debated.P.falciparum exports pathogenicity-related proteins into the host cell using the Plasmodium export element (PEXEL).Predictions ba