Fig. 1.

Map of the L. caulleryi plastid genome. Concentric circles represent the circular double-stranded DNA genome, and each gene annotated in the DNA sequence is illustrated on either of the two circles depending on the direction of transcription (outer circle clockwise; inner circle anticlockwise). Yellow boxes represent genes specifying either a protein or an rRNA, whereas lines and gray boxes indicate tRNA-coding genes or hypothetical open reading frames, respectively. Each inverted repeat (IR) unit is indicated by the outermost dotted arcs, and the asymmetric 13-bp sequence separating the two IR units is marked with an asterisk