Fig. 1

General features of 18–30 nt length small RNAs from P. falciparum. a Size distribution of the small RNAs derived from blood-stage parasites. b Classification and percentage of small RNA populations referring to the P. falciparum genome. c Schematic representation of the genome-wide density analysis for small RNAs on P. falciparum chromosomes. The read counts of total small RNAs were normalized to the relative number per one million reads (RPM) and plotted against the 14 parasite chromosomes. Red triangles show the locations and abundance of the P. falciparum tRNA-derived reads