title: The mitochondrial genome of the venomous cone snail Conus consors.
abstract: Cone snails are venomous predatory marine neogastropods that belong to the species-rich superfamily of the Conoidea. So far, the mitochondrial genomes of two cone snail species (Conus textile and Conus borgesi) have been described, and these feed on snails and worms, respectively. Here, we report the mitochondrial genome sequence of the fish-hunting cone snail Conus consors and describe a novel putative control region (CR) which seems to be absent in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of other cone snail species. This possible CR spans about 700 base pairs (bp) and is located between the genes encoding the transfer RNA for phenylalanine (tRNA-Phe, trnF) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit III (cox3). The novel putative CR contains several sequence motifs that suggest a role in mitochondrial replication and transcription.
authors.affiliation: Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia. age.brauer@ut.ee
authors.forename: Age
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brauer
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurz
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stockwell
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baden-Tillson
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heidler
authors.forename: Ilka
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wittig
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kauferstein
authors.forename: Dietrich
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mebs
authors.forename: Reto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stöcklin
authors.forename: Maido
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Remm
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D052078:Conus Snail / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D023281:Genomics; D019901:Locus Control Region / Q000235:genetics; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009510:New Caledonia; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers