title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes ellioti (Primates: Hominidae).
abstract: Chimpanzees are especially suited to teach us about ourselves, both in terms of their similarities and differences with human, and such important similarities and differences have also been noted for the incidence and severity of several major human diseases. In the present work, we report the entire mitochondrial genome of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) for the first time. Results shows that this mitogenome is 16,559 bp long and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 1 putative non-coding region (D-loop region). The genomic organization and gene order are the same as other Chimpanzees. The whole nucleotide base composition is 31.1% of A, 30.7% of C, 12.9% G, and 25.3% T, with a slight A+T bias of 56.4%. Most of the genes are encoded on H-strand, except for the ND6 subunit gene and 8 tRNA genes. The complete mitochondrial genome sequence reported here provides useful genetic information for P. t. ellioti, and will further contribute to the comparative genomics studies in primates.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Intensive Care Unit , Hebei United University Affiliated Hospital , Tangshan , Hebei , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Bao-Hua
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Intensive Care Unit , Hebei United University Affiliated Hospital , Tangshan , Hebei , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yin-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Intensive Care Unit , Hebei United University Affiliated Hospital , Tangshan , Hebei , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ming-Gui
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Intensive Care Unit , Hebei United University Affiliated Hospital , Tangshan , Hebei , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hai-Xia
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.affiliation: a Department of Intensive Care Unit , Hebei United University Affiliated Hospital , Tangshan , Hebei , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xing-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.affiliation: a Department of Intensive Care Unit , Hebei United University Affiliated Hospital , Tangshan , Hebei , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wei-Yan
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: a Department of Intensive Care Unit , Hebei United University Affiliated Hospital , Tangshan , Hebei , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Mu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Intensive Care Unit , Hebei United University Affiliated Hospital , Tangshan , Hebei , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jian-Yi
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Pu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020029:Base Pairing / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Mitochondrial genome; nigeria-cameroon chimpanzee; pan troglodytes ellioti