We are grateful to MR4 (Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Centre, USA) for malaria specific reagents; Dr. Suman Dhar (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) for the anti-PCNA antibody; Drs. S. Sato and P. Malhotra for the plasmid vector pSSPF2/ACP-GFP. This evidence concerns the gene PCNA and malaria.