The complete mitochondrial genome of the Japanese honeybee, Apis cerana japonica (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae).

Authors :: Takahashi JI
Wakamiya T
Kiyoshi T
Uchiyama H
Yajima S
Kimura K
Nomura T
Source :: Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources [Mitochondrial DNA B Resour] 2016 Feb 10; Vol. 1 (1), pp. 156-157. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Feb 10.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: In this study, we analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome of the Japanese honeybee Apis cerana japonica . The mitochondrial genome of A. c. japonica is a circular molecule of 15 917 bp and is similar to that of A. c. cerana . It contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes and one A + T-rich control region. All protein-coding genes are initiated by ATT and ATG codons and are terminated by the typical stop codon TAA or TAG, except for the start codon of ATP8 which ends with C. All tRNA genes typically form a cloverleaf secondary structure, except for tRNA - Ser ( AGN ).<br />Competing Interests: This work was supported by the NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture under Grant Cooperative Research of the Genome Research for BioResource.<br /> (© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis.)

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