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Table 2 Type and size of minicircle sequences in the chloroplast genomes studied

From: Comparative analysis of dinoflagellate chloroplast genomes reveals rRNA and tRNA genes

 

A. carterae

A. operculatum

H. triquetra

total length (bp)

45,815

34,186

42,769

mean GC content

45.27%

46.46%

37.02%

gene containing minicircles

   

psaA

2,558

2,443

3,005

psaB

2,366

2,363

3,121

psbA

2,520

2,311

2,151

psbB

2,327

2,282

2,286

psbC

2,477

2,341

2,330

psbD/E/I

2,358

2,369

 

psbD

  

2,628#

psbE

  

2,196#

petB/atpA

2,606

2,713

 

petB

  

2,204

atpA

  

2,444

petD

2,563

2,416

2,177#

atpB

2,587

2,483

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LSU rRNA

2,713

2,651

3,027

SSU rRNA

(2,533)

(2,458)

2,563

'empty' minicircles

   

No.

10

5

1

total length of empty minicircles

20,729 (18,196$)

9,825 (7,367$)

2,012#

chimeric minicircles

  

5

total length of chimeric minicircles

  

10,625

  1. $Not including putative SSU rRNA minicircle.
  2. #These sequences were submitted to the sequence database whilst this paper was in submission, the sequences do not therefore form part of our comparative analysis.