A complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Asian black bear Sichuan subspecies (Ursus thibetanus mupinensis).
We obtained the complete mitochondrial genome of U.thibetanus mupinensis by DNA sequencing based on the PCR fragments of 18 primers we designed. The results indicate that the mtDNA is 16,868 bp in size, encodes 13 protein genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes, with an overall H-strand base composition of 31.2% A, 25.4% C, 15.5% G and 27.9% T. The sequence of the control region (CR) located between tRNA-Pro and tRNA-Phe is 1422 bp in size, consists of 8.43% of the whole genome, GC content is 51.9% and has a 6bp tandem repeat and two 10bp tandem repeats identified by using the Tandem Repeats Finder. U. thibetanus mupinensis mitochondrial genome shares high similarity with those of three other Ursidae: U. americanus (91.46%), U. arctos (89.25%) and U. maritimus (87.66%).
Hou
Wan-ru
WR
College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China. hwr168@yahoo.com.cn
Chen
Yu
Y
Wu
Xia
X
Hu
Jin-chu
JC
Peng
Zheng-song
ZS
Yang
Jung
J
Tang
Zong-xiang
ZX
Zhou
Cai-Quan
CQ
Li
Yu-ming
YM
Yang
Shi-kui
SK
Du
Yu-jie
YJ
Kong
Ling-lu
LL
Ren
Zheng-long
ZL
Zhang
Huai-yu
HY
Shuai
Su-rong
SR
D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D001503:Ursidae / Q000235:genetics*
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial