Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Tongue Worm Armillifer agkistrodontis
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 813-817, 2016.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-92515
ABSTRACT
Armillifer agkistrodontis (Ichthyostraca Pantastomida) is a parasitic pathogen, only reported in China, which can cause a zoonotic disease, pentastomiasis. A complete mitochondrial (mt) genome was 16,521 bp comprising 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 1 non-coding region (NCR). A phylogenetic tree drawn with the concatenated amino acid sequences of the 6 conserved PCGs (atp6, cox1-3, and nad2) showed that A. agkistrodontis and Armillifer armillatus constituted a clade Pentastomida which was a sister group of the Branchiura. The complete mt genome sequence of A. agkistrodontis provides important genetic markers for both phylogenetic and epidemiological studies of pentastomids.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Tongue
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Trees
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RNA, Transfer
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Zoonoses
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Genetic Markers
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Epidemiologic Studies
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China
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Genome
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Genes, rRNA
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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