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Published on: March 8, 2018
Complete chloroplast genome of Achyranthes bidentata Blume
Inkyu Park1, Sungyu Yang1, Wook Jin Kim1
1Herbal Medicine Resources Research Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Naju, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Achyranthes bidentata Blume is an important herbal medicine. However, little genetic information about Achyranthes is available. To facilitate species identification, we sequenced its complete chloroplast genome using the Illumina MiSeq platform. The data show that the chloroplast genome of A. bidentata is 151,441 bp in size and comprises an 83,890 bp large single-copy region, a 17,261 bp small single-copy region, and two inverted repeat (IR) regions, IRa and IRb (each 25,145 bp). The genome contains 112 unique genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 4 ribosomal RNAs genes, and 30 transfer RNAs genes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that A. bidentata is most closely related to Alternanthera philoxeroides.
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