title: Mitochondrial genome of the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus (Bivalvia: Pectinidae).
abstract: The mitochondrial genome of the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus was determined. The length of the mitochondrial coding region is 15,608 bp. A typical bivalve mitochondrial composition was detected with 12 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 21 transfer RNA genes, with the absence of the atp8 gene. Fifty percent of the protein-coding genes use typical ATG start codon, whereas five genes utilize ATA as their start codon. Only one gene was found to utilize TTG as its start codon. The A. purpuratus mitogenome shows a significant similarity to that of A. irradians irradians, in length as well as in gene composition.
authors.affiliation: a Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University , Hakodate , Hokkaido , Japan and.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marín
authors.affiliation: b Biodes Laboratorios Soluciones Integrales S.C.R.L , Tumbes , Peru.
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alfaro
authors.affiliation: a Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University , Hakodate , Hokkaido , Japan and.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.affiliation: a Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University , Hakodate , Hokkaido , Japan and.
authors.forename: Katsutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D018387:Codon, Initiator; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics*; D049897:Pectinidae / Q000235:genetics*; D010568:Peru; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator
keywords: Bivalve; coding region; control region; gene arrangement