Abbreviations
- LSC:
-
large single-copy region (86, 684 bp)
- SSC:
-
small single-copy region (18, 482 bp)
- IRA and IRB :
-
inverted repeat A and B (25, 339 bp)
- JLA :
-
junction between LSC and IRA
- JLB :
-
junction between LSC and IRB
- JSA :
-
junction between SSC and IRA
- JSB :
-
junction between SSC and IRB
- ORF:
-
open reading frame
- RF:
-
a region from a stop codon to the next stop condon
- ars:
-
autonomously replicating sequence in yeast
References
Shinozaki, K.et al. (1986). The complete nucleotide sequence of the tobacco chloroplast genome: its gene organization and expression. EMBO J. 5: 2043–2049.
Hallick, R.B. and Bottomley, W. (1983). Proposals for the naming of chloroplast genes. PMB Reporter 1(4): 38–43.
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Shinozaki, K., Ohme, M., Tanaka, M. et al. The complete nucleotide sequence of the tobacco chloroplast genome. Plant Mol Biol Rep 4, 111–148 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02669253
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