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Title The complete plastome of Echium plantagineum L. (Boraginaceae), the first chloroplast genome belonging to the Echium genus
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Authors Leonardo, IC; Crespo, MTB; Capelo, J; Gaspar, FB
Title The complete plastome of Echium plantagineum L. (Boraginaceae), the first chloroplast genome belonging to the Echium genus
Year 2022
Published Mitochondrial Dna Part B-Resources, 7, 6
DOI 10.1080/23802359.2022.2087559
Abstract Besides being a common weed, the presence of Echium plantagineum L. in food and feed commodities can represent a safety hazard due to their content in pyrrolizidine alkaloids. In this study, the complete chloroplast of E. plantagineum isolate BPTPS251 is described, being the first available plastome from an isolate belonging to the Echium genus. The chloroplast genome is 149,776 bp in length with 37.5% GC content, displaying a quadripartite structure that contains a pair of inverted repeats regions (25,754 bp each), separated by a large single-copy (80,978 bp) and a small single-copy (17,290 bp) regions. A total of 131 genes were predicted, including 37 tRNA genes, 8 rRNA genes, and 86 protein-coding genes. The phylogenetic analysis confirmed the placement of E. plantagineum under the Boraginaceae family, belonging to the Boraginales order. This study will contribute to conservation, phylogenetic, and evolutionary studies, as well as DNA barcoding applications for food and feed safety purposes.
Author Keywords Echium plantagineum; Boraginaceae; complete chloroplast genome; Illumina MiSeq sequencing; phylogenetic analysis
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000816714400001
WoS Category Genetics & Heredity
Research Area Genetics & Heredity
PDF https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2087559
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