LOCUS       SPSPEC16      179 bp    DNA             INV       04-APR-1995
DEFINITION  Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Spec1 gene exon 6 for calcium-binding
            protein.
ACCESSION   X03292
NID         g10324
KEYWORDS    calcium binding protein; spec1 gene.
SOURCE      purple urchin.
  ORGANISM  Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
            Eukaryotae; mitochondrial eukaryotes; Metazoa; Echinodermata;
            Echinozoa; Echinoidea; Euechinoidea; Echinacea; Echinoida;
            Strongylocentrotidae; Strongylocentrotus.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 179)
  AUTHORS   Hardin,S.H., Carpenter,C.D., Hardin,P.E., Bruskin,A.M. and
            Klein,W.H.
  TITLE     Structure of the Spec1 gene encoding a major calcium-binding
            protein in the embryonic ectoderm of the sea urchin,
            Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
  JOURNAL   J. Mol. Biol. 186 (2), 243-255 (1985)
  MEDLINE   86115267
COMMENT     see x03287 - x03292 for spec1 gene.
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..179
                     /organism="Strongylocentrotus purpuratus"
                     /db_xref="taxon:7668"
     intron          <1..15
                     /note="intron V"
     exon            16..44
                     /note="calcium-binding protein (aa 144-152) (16 is 2nd
                     base in codon)"
                     /usedin=X03287:cbin_cds
     mRNA            16..>179
                     /note="exon 6"
BASE COUNT       58 a     35 c     30 g     56 t
ORIGIN
        1 ttttctacca tacagaattc atgaagttga ttaaatcgtg ctaagctact cggtcaagat
       61 gatgaacgct atcgtctact tcaacatcga caacttgtcc tttttatttt tccaaagaat
      121 atccatgtcc gataagtgac atgggtacac agggaagaag agaaatttaa ctttcctaa
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