Table 1 Directory of the Plasmodium transcription-associated proteins: number and functions.

   1. Polymerase core subunits

12

   2. Polymerase accessory proteins

2

   3. General coactivators involved in initiation

25

   4. General coactivators involved in initiation and elongation

13

   5. General coactivators involved elongation

4

   sub-total

56

II. Chromatin-related Transcription Factors (CTF)

   1. Histones

8

   2. Chromatin structuring factors

18

   3. Chromatin remodelling factors

13

   4. Modifying enzymes

24

   sub-total

63

III. Specific Trancription Factors (STF)

   0 SC. Apicomplexan specifc AP2

27

   2 SC. Zinc finger

37

   3 SC. Helix Turn Helix

8

   4 SC. beta-Scaffold Factors with Minor Groove Contacts

1

   sub-total

73

IV. TAP partners

10

   Total

202