MPG and infection: Pf. DNA-3-methyladenine glycosylase (PF3D7_1467100), an enzyme that initiates base excision repair, decreases in expression by -2.1 fold on day 3 post-infection and Pf. DNA mismatch repair protein MSH2p (PF3D7_1427500) increases in expression by 4.6 fold on day 6 post-infection in response to γ-irradiation (Table 1).