title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Oocatochus rufodorsatus (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome from the red-backed ratsnake Oocatochus rufodorsatus was determined. The following four distinctive features are observed: duplicate control regions that have nearly identical sequences at two different locations of mitogenome, translocation of tRNA-Leu (UUR), a pseudogene for tRNA-Pro and truncations of TΨC arm for most tRNA genes.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Anhui Province Key Laboratory for Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , P.R. China.
authors.forename: En
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dinglong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiao-Bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D058674:Chromosome Duplication / Q000235:genetics; D018387:Codon, Initiator / Q000235:genetics; D018388:Codon, Terminator / Q000235:genetics; D017812:Colubridae / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D019901:Locus Control Region / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011544:Pseudogenes / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D018388:Codon, Terminator
keywords: Gene rearrangement; Oocatochus rufodorsatus; mitochondrial genome