A complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Asian black bear Sichuan subspecies (Ursus thibetanus mupinensis)

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-90

  Hou, Wan Ru ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Wu, Xia ^a   Hu, Jin Chu ^a   Peng, Zheng Song ^a   Yang, Jung ^a   Tang, Zong Xiang ^b   Zhou, Cai Quan ^a   Li, Yu Ming ^c   Yang, Shi Kui ^d   Du, Yu Jie ^a   Kong, Ling Lu ^d   Ren, Zheng Long ^b   Zhang, Huai Yu ^b   Shuai, Surong ^b  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nanchong Agricultural Science Research Institute   (China)

^d Sichuan Province Traditional Chinese Medicinal   (China)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial genomes; Sequence analysis; Sequencing; Ursus thibetanus mupinensis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT; URSUS THIBETANUS MUPINENSIS;

URSIDAE; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS MUPINENSIS;

EID: 33846910537     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.3.85     Document Type: Article

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