Abstract
Long PCR and primer walking methods are employed for determining the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence of Pampus chinensis. The mitogenome is a circular molecule of 16,534 bp in length including the structure of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and 2 non-coding regions (L-strand replication origin and control region). Within the control region, we identify the termination-associated sequence domain (TAS), central conserved sequence block domains (CSB-F, CSB-E and CSB-D), and conserved sequence blocks (CSB-1, CSB-2 and CSB-3).
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Dr. Ning Li for her helpful comments on the manuscript.
Declaration of interest
This study was supported by Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean (201305043) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (201262022). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.