title: A complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Asian black bear Sichuan subspecies (Ursus thibetanus mupinensis).
abstract: 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%).
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China. hwr168@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Wan-ru
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jin-chu
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zheng-song
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Jung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zong-xiang
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Cai-Quan
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yu-ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shi-kui
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yu-jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Ling-lu
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Zheng-long
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Huai-yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Su-rong
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Shuai
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial