1. The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Epicauta aptera Kaszab.
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Jie, Hang, Lei, Meiyan, Li, Pinming, Feng, Xiaolan, Zeng, Dejun, Zhao, Guijun, Zhu, Jibin, Zhang, Chenglu, Yu, Mi, Huang, Ya, and Chen, Qiang
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EPICAUTA ,MITOCHONDRIAL DNA ,INSECTS ,INSECT phylogeny ,GEOGRAPHICAL distribution of insects ,INSECT proteins ,TRADITIONAL medicine ,PLANT extracts - Abstract
Epicauta apteraKaszab(E. aptera), an endangered species used to extract cantharidin in Chinese traditional medicine, has a limited geographical distribution in the southwest China. The complete mitochondrial genome ofE. apterais 15 645bp which contains an A + T rich region and 37 genes, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes and two rRNA genes (GenBank accession No. KX023302). All protein-coding genes are initiated by ATN start codon. Moreover, the largest non-coding A + T-rich region with a length of 1039 bp is at the end of 12S rRNA. It is the first report involved in the complete mitochondrial genome ofE. aptera. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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