title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the red stingray Dasyatis akajei (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae).
abstract: We determined the complete mitochondrial genome of the red stingray Dasyatis akajei. It is 17,658 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and a control region. The gene arrangement and transcriptional direction were the same as those of the typical vertebrate mitogenomes. The overall base composition of the heavy-strand is 28.8% T, 26.8% C, 30.9% A and 13.6% G, with a slight A + T bias of 59.7%. The origin of light-strand replication (OL) was identified between tRNA-Asn and tRNA-Cys genes. The termination-associated sequences (TAS) and the conserved sequence blocks (CSB1-3) were identified in the control region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Science, Wenzhou Medical College , Wenzhou , PR China.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Weiming
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Shaobo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D023061:Gene Order / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012860:Skates, Fish / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D003062:Codon