title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the brain coral Platygyra carnosus.
abstract: Despite the importance of many species of Faviidae as structural-forming corals, only five species in three genera had a sequenced mitochondrial genome. We report the sixth complete mitochondrial genome in this family from the brain coral Platygyra carnosus, which is 16,463 bp in length and AT rich (67.0%). It has the typical coral mitochondrial gene arrangement, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and 2 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes (tRNA-Met and tRNA-Trp). The ND5 gene is interrupted by a large group I intron which contains 10 protein-coding genes and 12S rRNA. Compared with related species from the same family, the three non-coding regions that are longer than 200 bp are less conserved in sequences than the coding regions, indicating potential markers for population genetic studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Mingling
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jiaqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian-Wen
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D011506:Proteins; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer