P. falciparum serpentine receptor-like candidates.

The PlasmoDB identification number, chromosome location, number of introns and number of amino acids in the predicted protein are indicated for each one of the four PfSR candidates. The presence/absence of introns marked with an asterisk was confirmed by sequencing the full-length cDNAs amplified by RT-PCR using primers matching to the 5�� and 3��-ends of the predicted open reading frames (Data S1). The number of transmembrane helices predicted by five different programs is also shown for all PfSRs. The existence of potential signal peptides as predicted by SignalP program is indicated. (SP+nTM) means that N-terminal signal peptide was recognized as a transmembrane (TM) spanning segment, which was followed by ��n�� other TM domains.