title: Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of the black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was determined (GenBank accession No. KF163965). The length of this mitochondrial genome is 15,377 bp with an A + T content of 82.5%. There are 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes, that is, 13 protein-coding, 2 rRNA and 22 tRNA gene and an A + T-rich region. The tRNA gene trnM was rearranged to the upstream of the trnI-trnQ-trnM cluster compared with the pupative ancestral arrangement of insects. All protein-coding genes start with ATN start codon except for the gene cox1, which uses CGA as in other lepidopteran species. Ten protein-coding genes stop with termination codon TAA, whereas three protein-coding gene use incomplete stop codon T. The A + T-region is located between rrnS and trnM with a length of 332 bp and A + T content of 94.88%.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences , Beijing , China and.
authors.forename: Qiu-Ling
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wen-Xia
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Shu-Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D018387:Codon, Initiator; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D017344:Genes, Insect; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: A + T content; lepidoptera; start codon; stop codon