Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Tongue Worm Armillifer agkistrodontis
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
; : 813-817, 2016.
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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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Assunto principal:
Língua
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Árvores
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RNA de Transferência
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Zoonoses
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Marcadores Genéticos
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Estudos Epidemiológicos
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China
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Sequência de Aminoácidos
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Genoma
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Genes de RNAr
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article