title: The Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of the Medicinal Plant Swertia mussotii Using the PacBio RS II Platform.
abstract: Swertia mussotii is an important medicinal plant that has great economic and medicinal value and is found on the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau. The complete chloroplast (cp) genome of S. mussotii is 153,431 bp in size, with a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 25,761 bp each that separate an large single-copy (LSC) region of 83,567 bp and an a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,342 bp. The S. mussotii cp genome encodes 84 protein-coding genes, 37 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and eight ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. The identity, number, and GC content of S. mussotii cp genes were similar to those in the genomes of other Gentianales species. Via analysis of the repeat structure, 11 forward repeats, eight palindromic repeats, and one reverse repeat were detected in the S. mussotii cp genome. There are 45 SSRs in the S. mussotii cp genome, the majority of which are mononucleotides found in all other Gentianales species. An entire cp genome comparison study of S. mussotii and two other species in Gentianaceae was conducted. The complete cp genome sequence provides intragenic information for the cp genetic engineering of this medicinal plant.
authors: School of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anshan Road 312, Tianjin 300193, China. xiangbeibei03230@163.com.
authors: Beibei
authors: B
authors: Xiang
authors: College of Life Science, Nankai University, Weijin Road 94, Tianjin 300071, China. m15822139395@163.com.
authors: Xiaoxue
authors: X
authors: Li
authors: Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Malianwa North Road 151, Beijing 100193, China. qianjun@ymail.com.
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Qian
authors: School of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anshan Road 312, Tianjin 300193, China. lzhwang_2009@163.com.
authors: Lizhi
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: School of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anshan Road 312, Tianjin 300193, China. malin7983@163.com.
authors: Lin
authors: L
authors: Ma
authors: Tianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anshan Road 312, Tianjin 300193, China. tian_xiaoxuan@tjutcm.edu.cn.
authors: Xiaoxuan
authors: X
authors: Tian
authors: College of Life Science, Nankai University, Weijin Road 94, Tianjin 300071, China. wangyong@nankai.edu.cn.
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D060365:Chloroplast Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D054628:Genome, Chloroplast; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000235:genetics*; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D029967:Swertia / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D060365:Chloroplast Proteins; D018749:RNA, Plant
keywords: Gentianaceae; PacBio RS; Swertia mussotii; chloroplast genome; medicinal plant