Pennisi Elizabeth
Science. 2002 Oct 4;298(5591):33-4. doi: 10.1126/science.298.5591.33a.
This week, an almost complete DNA sequence of Plasmodium falciparum--one of the parasites that causes malaria--appears in Nature, and on page 129 of this issue of Science, other researchers report the DNA sequence of Anopheles gambiae, one of the mosquitoes that transmits P. falciparum to humans. Together with the human genome sequence, researchers now have in hand the genetic blueprints for the parasite, its vector, and its victim.
本周，恶性疟原虫（导致疟疾的寄生虫之一）几乎完整的DNA序列发表在了《自然》杂志上，而在本期《科学》杂志第129页，其他研究人员报告了冈比亚按蚊的DNA序列，冈比亚按蚊是将恶性疟原虫传播给人类的蚊子之一。连同人类基因组序列，研究人员现在已经掌握了这种寄生虫、其传播媒介以及宿主的基因蓝图。
