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The complete chloroplast genome of Cuscuta pentagona Engelm
Inkyu Park1, Sungyu Yang1, Wook Jin Kim1
1K-herb Research Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Cuscuta pentagona is a parasitic plant whose seeds are often mixed with the seeds of medicinal Cuscuta species. To facilitate the identification of C. pentagona seeds, we generated the complete chloroplast genome sequence of C. pentagona Engelm. using the Illumina MiSeq platform. The complete chloroplast genome is 86,380 bp long, with a 50,958 bp LSC region, a 7022 bp SSC region, and two inverted repeat (IRa and IRb) regions comprising 14,200 bp. The chloroplast genome consists of 85 unique genes, 57 protein-coding genes, four ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and 24 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. Two gene families, NADH oxidoreductases and RNA polymerase-related genes, are absent in this genome. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that C. pentagona is closely related to C. reflexa and C. exaltata, with strong support values.
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