title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the leafminer Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae).
abstract: Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae) is one of the most economically significant pests in the world. In this paper we present sequence data for the complete mitochondrial genome of L. trifolii. The circular genome is 16,141 bp long and contains one encoding region including 37 genes and one non-coding A+T-rich region. Gene numbers and organization is similar to that of the typical insect mitochondrial genomes except that two additional tRNA genes are found in the A+T-rich region (tRNA(Thr) and tRNA(Leu(UUR))). All of the protein initiation codons are ATN, except ND1 which begins with GTG and COI which is initiated by the quadruplet ATCA. The 22 tRNA anticodons of L. trifolii match those observed in Drosophila yakuba, and all of tRNAs form the typical cloverleaf structure except for tRNA(Ser(AGN)), which has lost the DHU-arm. The A+T-rich region of L. trifolii also contains two previously noted Diperan features--a highly conserved polyT stretch and a (TA)(n) stretch.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biology for Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China.
authors.forename: Shuaiyu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhongren
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Haihong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Baoxing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Baozhen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004175:Diptera / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D007313:Insecta; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012343:RNA, Transfer