title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of the blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus is determined for the first time in this study. The gene composition and order in the mitogenome of C. melanopterus is identical to most vertebrates. The overall base composition is 31.3% A, 25.3% C, 13.3% G and 30.1% T. There are 29 bp overlaps and 21 bp short intergenic spaces in the mitogenome. Two start codons and three stop codons were found in protein-coding genes. The dihydrouridine arm of tRNA-Ser2 was replaced by a simple loop and the other tRNAs could be folded into the typical cloverleaf structure. The termination associated sequence (TAS) and the conserved sequence blocks (CSB1-3) are found in the control region.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Marine Biotechnology , School of Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhou , PR China .
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: b Joint Influenza Research Centre (SUMC/HKU), Shantou University Medical College , Shantou , PR China , and.
authors.forename: Xue-Juan
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: c Department of Biology , Center for Biodiversity in Peninsular Thailand, Prince of Songkla University , Hat Yai Songkla , Thailand.
authors.forename: Sirachai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arunrugstichai
authors.affiliation: a Department of Marine Biotechnology , School of Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhou , PR China .
authors.forename: Weiming
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.affiliation: a Department of Marine Biotechnology , School of Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhou , PR China .
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D012754:Sharks / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D029941:Fish Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012313:RNA; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Blacktip reef shark; Near Threatened; mitogenome