title: The complete mitochondrial genome of Chinese glass lizard Ophisaurus harti (Squamata: Anguidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Ophisaurus harti is a circular molecule of 17,163 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs and a control region. The A + T content of the overall base composition of H-strand is 54.9% (T: 23.4%; C: 30.8%; A: 31.5%; G: 14.3%). COI gene begins with GTG as start codon, while other 12 protein-coding genes start with a typical ATG initiation codon. ND1. COI. ATP8. ATP6. ND4L and ND5 genes are terminated with TAA as stop codon, ND2. ND6 and Cyt b end with TAG, COIII ends with TA, COII and ND3 end with T and ND4 ends with TG.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hong-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Fei
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zheng-Liang
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008116:Lizards / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames
keywords: Anguidae; Ophisaurus harti; glass lizard; mitogenome