Number of genes

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Value 5268 genes
Organism Plasmodium falciparum
Reference Gardner et al. Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. 2002. Nature. 419(6906):498-511.PubMed ID12368864
Comments Plasmodium falciparum is the parasite which causes malaria in humans. Since there are 5268 genes, there are 5268 proteins predicted. On 14 chromosomes.
Entered by Phil Mongiovi
ID 102196