The chloroplast genome of an important herb species, Ephedra sinica (Ephedraceae). Issue 2 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lin, Yifeng; Cao, Tianyi; Zhang, Quan
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 4:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 3894
• Page End: 3895
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Ephedra sinica -- Ephedraceae -- chloroplast genome -- phylogenetic analysis; Mitochondrial DNA -- Periodicals; 572.869
• DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1687355
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-2359

Abstract

Abstract: Ephedra sinica has been utilized by humans for over 5000 years as Chinese herbal medicine in China. In this study, we reported the complete chloroplast genome of E. sinica . The chloroplast genome of E. sinica is 109, 550 bp in length as the circular, which harbors a large single-copy (LSC) region of 59, 962 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 8106 bp and separated by a pair of inverted-repeat (IR) regions of 20, 742 bp each. The overall nucleotide content of the chloroplast genome: A of 31.2%, T of 32.1%, C of 18.4% G of 18.3%, and 36.7% GC content. This chloroplast genome contains 118 genes, which includes 74 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 36 transfer RNA (tRNAs) and 8 ribosome RNA (rRNAs). Phylogenetic analysis result showed that E. sinica was most closely related to Ephedra equisetina in the family Ephedraceae using the Neighbor-Joining (NJ) method.