title: Mitochondrial genome of Protobothrops cornutus (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae).
abstract: Protobothrops cornutus is the endangered snake which is distributed narrowly in southern China and other adjacent countries of Asia. We determined the complete mitochondrial genome of P. cornutus (HB-pc20090810). The circle genome with the 17,219 bp total length contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 2 control regions. Overall base composition of the complete mtDNA was 33.18% A, 24.80% T, 29.43% C and 12.58% G. All the genes in P. cornutus were distributed on the H-strand, except for the ND6 subunit gene and eight tRNA genes which were encoded on the L-strand.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Entomological Institute and South China Institute of Endangered Animals , Guangdong , China and.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Demin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Baowei
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017819:Viperidae / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Genome; Protobothrops cornutus; mitochondrion