title: Complete mitochondrial genome of Salminus brasiliensis (Characiformes, Characidae).
abstract: We report the complete mitochondrial genome of the fish Salminus brasiliensis, popularly known as dourado. It is a circular, 17,721 bp long DNA molecule, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a non-coding Control Region of 2128 bp, a relatively large molecule when compared to other closely related fishes. All protein-coding genes are on the heavy strand, except for Nd6, and all have ATG as the start codon, except for Cox1 gene which has a GTG start codon. Seven protein-coding genes have incomplete stop codons (Nd2, Cox2, Atp6, Nd4, and Cytb have T- -, and Cox3 and Nd3 have TA-). TAG is the stop codon for Nd6 and AGG is the stop codon for Cox1.
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Biologia Geral , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos , Pampulha , Belo Horizonte - MG , Brasil and.
authors.forename: Pedro Ferreira Pinto
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Brandão-Dias
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Biologia Geral , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos , Pampulha , Belo Horizonte - MG , Brasil and.
authors.forename: Anderson Oliveira do
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Carmo
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Biologia Geral , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos , Pampulha , Belo Horizonte - MG , Brasil and.
authors.forename: Ana Paula Vimieiro
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Biologia Geral , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos , Pampulha , Belo Horizonte - MG , Brasil and.
authors.forename: Ricardo José Gonzaga
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pimenta
authors.affiliation: b Nuvelhas-Projeto Manuelzão, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos , Belo Horizonte - MG , Brasil.
authors.forename: Carlos Bernardo Mascarenhas
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Biologia Geral , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Presidente Antônio Carlos , Pampulha , Belo Horizonte - MG , Brasil and.
authors.forename: Evanguedes
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kalapothakis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D060125:Characiformes / Q000235:genetics*; D018387:Codon, Initiator; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Dourado; fish; mitochondrion; mtDNA; next-generation sequencing