Complete chloroplast genome of the hot desert herb Fagonia indica (Zygophyllaceae) from south-central Arabia.
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SUBMITTER: Ali MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7707728 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
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Complete chloroplast genome of the hot desert herb <i>Fagonia indica</i> (Zygophyllaceae) from south-central Arabia.
Ali Mohammad Ajmal MA Elshikh Mohammad S MS Kim Soo-Yong SY Al-Hemaid Fahad F Lee Joongku J Lama Dorjay D Chhetri Abhijit A Pan Tapan Kumar TK
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources 20191108 2
The complete chloroplast genome sequences of the hot desert herb <i>Fagonia indica</i> (Zygophyllaceae) is being reported in this study. The total plastome length was 128,379 bp (GC content 34.02%). The gene order in <i>F. indica</i> was found similar to the angiosperm except for the loss of one copy of the IR and by the presence of a single, large inversion that reverses the order of the genes between <i>rbcL</i> and <i>rps16.</i> A total number of 115 unique coding genes which includes 80 prot ...[more]
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