Abstract
We sequenced 16,971 bp of the linear mitochondrial DNA of the moon jellyfish Aurelia sp. nov. and characterized it by comparing with Aurelia aurita. They had 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 16S rRNA and 12S rRNA with three tRNAs (tRNA-Leu, tRNA-Ser(TGA), tRNA-Met). Both have another two PCGs, orf969 and orf324 with telomeres at both ends. After comparison of Aurelia sp. nov. with Aurelia aurita, we found low-protein similarity of orf969 (59%) and orf324 (75%), respectively, while the other 13 PCGs showed 80% to 98% protein similarities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 27-28 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Mitochondrial DNA |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by a grant of the Korea Electric Power Research Institute (R-2005-7-062) funded to Jae-Seong Lee.
Keywords
- Aurelia sp. nov.
- Complete mitochondrial genome
- Moon jellyfish