Title
Mitochondrial genome of the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)
Date Issued
03 September 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Abstract
The mitochondrial genome of the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus was determined. The length of the mitochondrial coding region is 15,608 bp. A typical bivalve mitochondrial composition was detected with 12 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 21 transfer RNA genes, with the absence of the atp8 gene. Fifty percent of the protein-coding genes use typical ATG start codon, whereas five genes utilize ATA as their start codon. Only one gene was found to utilize TTG as its start codon. The A. purpuratus mitogenome shows a significant similarity to that of A. irradians irradians, in length as well as in gene composition.
Start page
726
End page
727
Volume
26
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Genética, Herencia
Biología celular, Microbiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84942305679
PubMed ID
Source
Mitochondrial DNA
ISSN of the container
19401736
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Scholarship Grant for Post Graduated studies from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. A. Marín is the recipient of the Japanese Government (Monbusho) Scholarship. The authors declare no conflicts of interests. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.
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