title: Mitochondrial genome of Silurus asotus (Teleostei: Siluriformes).
abstract: The complete mitogenome sequence of the Amur catfish Silurus asotus was determined using long PCRs. The genome was 16,528 bp in length and contained 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 1 control region; the gene composition and order of which was similar to most other vertebrates. The overall base composition of the heavy strand is 30.5% A, 25.8% T, 28.0% C, and 15.8% G, with an AT content of 56.3%. The mtDNA sequence of S. asotus shared 93.6% and 90.6% sequence identity with that of Silurus meridionalis and Silurus glanis. This mitogenome sequence data would play an important role in silurid catfish phylogenetics and siluriform catfish systematics in general.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), School of Life Science, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, PR China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Zhijian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zuogang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D016678:Genome; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial