title: The mitochondrial genome of Ruspolia dubia (Orthoptera: Conocephalidae) contains a short A+T-rich region of 70 bp in length.
abstract: The complete sequence (14 971 bp) of the Ruspolia dubia mitochondrial genome was determined and annotated. The genome contains the gene content, base composition, and codon usage typical of metazoan mitochondrial genomes. All 37 genes are conserved in the positions observed most frequently in insect mitochondrial genome structures. The secondary structures of both small subunit and large subunit rRNA were predicted. The most unusual features found were the initiation codon (TTA) of COI and a short A+T-rich region of 70 bp in length. In addition, a short, highly conserved polythymidine stretch that was previously described in Orthoptera and Diptera was also present in the A+T-rich region.
authors: College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710062, China.
authors: Zhijun
authors: Z
authors: Zhou
authors: Yuan
authors: Y
authors: Huang
authors: Fuming
authors: F
authors: Shi
mesh_terms: D020856:AT Rich Sequence / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D049750:Genome, Insect; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009987:Orthoptera / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer