{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(4)"],"submitter":["Yang Z"],"pubmed_abstract":["<i>Lycium</i> <i>chinense</i> Mill, an important Chinese herbal medicine, is widely used as a dietary supplement and food. Here the chloroplast (CP) genome of <i>L.</i> <i>chinense</i> was sequenced and analyzed, revealing a size of 155,756 bp and with a 37.8% GC content. The <i>L.</i> <i>chinense</i> CP genome comprises a large single copy region (LSC) of 86,595 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 18,209 bp, and two inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb) of 25,476 bp separated by the single copy regions. The genome encodes 114 genes, 16 of which are duplicated. Most of the 85 protein-coding genes (CDS) had standard ATG start codons, while 3 genes including <i>rps12</i>, <i>psbL</i> and <i>ndhD</i> had abnormal start codons (ACT and ACG). In addition, a strong A/T bias was found in the majority of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) detected in the CP genome. Analysis of the phylogenetic relationships among 16 species revealed that <i>L.</i> <i>chinense</i> is a sister taxon to <i>Lycium</i> <i>barbarum</i>. Overall, the complete sequence and annotation of the <i>L.</i> <i>chinense</i> CP genome provides valuable genetic information to facilitate precise understanding of the taxonomy, species and phylogenetic evolution of the Solanaceae family."],"journal":["Plants (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pagination":["E87"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6524360"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Sequencing and Structural Analysis of the Complete Chloroplast Genome of the Medicinal Plant <i>Lycium</i> <i>chinense</i> Mill."],"pmcid":["PMC6524360"],"pubmed_authors":["Yang Z","Huang S","Zheng X","Huang Y","Liang L","An W"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Sequencing and Structural Analysis of the Complete Chloroplast Genome of the Medicinal Plant <i>Lycium</i> <i>chinense</i> Mill.","description":"<i>Lycium</i> <i>chinense</i> Mill, an important Chinese herbal medicine, is widely used as a dietary supplement and food. Here the chloroplast (CP) genome of <i>L.</i> <i>chinense</i> was sequenced and analyzed, revealing a size of 155,756 bp and with a 37.8% GC content. The <i>L.</i> <i>chinense</i> CP genome comprises a large single copy region (LSC) of 86,595 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 18,209 bp, and two inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb) of 25,476 bp separated by the single copy regions. The genome encodes 114 genes, 16 of which are duplicated. Most of the 85 protein-coding genes (CDS) had standard ATG start codons, while 3 genes including <i>rps12</i>, <i>psbL</i> and <i>ndhD</i> had abnormal start codons (ACT and ACG). In addition, a strong A/T bias was found in the majority of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) detected in the CP genome. Analysis of the phylogenetic relationships among 16 species revealed that <i>L.</i> <i>chinense</i> is a sister taxon to <i>Lycium</i> <i>barbarum</i>. Overall, the complete sequence and annotation of the <i>L.</i> <i>chinense</i> CP genome provides valuable genetic information to facilitate precise understanding of the taxonomy, species and phylogenetic evolution of the Solanaceae family.","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Apr","modification":"2026-05-07T13:55:53.885Z","creation":"2019-07-24T07:02:13Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6524360","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30987216"],"doi":["10.3390/plants8040087"]}}