Fig. 3

Comparison of amino acid polymorphisms in 3D7 allelic types of pfmsp-3 from different geographical areas. Positions and frequencies of amino acid changes found in pfmsp-3 from different countries were compared. Each domain is presented by a different color bar: alanine heptad repeat domains (black), glutamate rich domain (orange), and leucine zipper domain (green). The dotted red bar in India pfmsp-3 means a missed sequence. The E271- and E272-represent deletion of an amino acid in the corresponding site. The 272E + , 272E ++, and 272E +++ indicate the numbers of inserted glutamate residues at the positions with 1, 2, and 3, respectively