LOCUS       AF042653     1893 bp    DNA             INV       26-JAN-1998
DEFINITION  Strongylocentrotus purpuratus homeodomain protein SpMsx (Msx) gene,
            complete cds.
ACCESSION   AF042653
NID         g2809212
KEYWORDS    .
SOURCE      Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.
  ORGANISM  Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
            Eukaryotae; Metazoa; Echinodermata; Echinozoa; Echinoidea;
            Euechinoidea; Echinacea; Echinoida; Strongylocentrotidae;
            Strongylocentrotus.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 1893)
  AUTHORS   Dobias,S.L., Ma,L., Wu,H., Bell,J.R. and Maxson,R.
  TITLE     The evolution of Msx gene function: expression and regulation of a
            sea urchin Msx class homeobox gene
  JOURNAL   Mech. Dev. 61 (1-2), 37-48 (1997)
  MEDLINE   97231281
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 1893)
  AUTHORS   Dobias,S.L., Zhao,A.Z., Tan,H., Bell,J.R. and Maxson,R.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (12-JAN-1998) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USC,
            School of Medicine, 1441 Eastlake Ave., Norris 710, Los Angeles, CA
            90033, USA
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..1893
                     /organism="Strongylocentrotus purpuratus"
                     /db_xref="taxon:7668"
                     /note="sequence from 2 overlapping genomic clones"
     mRNA            <576..>1436
                     /gene="Msx"
     gene            <576..>1436
                     /note="homeobox gene; intronless gene"
                     /gene="Msx"
     CDS             576..1436
                     /gene="Msx"
                     /note="homeodomain protein; similar to mouse MSX2"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="SpMsx"
                     /db_xref="PID:g2809213"
                     /translation="MSNKTLTVSNNSAFTRPHHSLSPVTAISPGATSPETPMHKADDR
                     PAKGINFRVESLFSKSPSPLGSKQHPTDMDCSPVAPSSPPPENPAARTNSSSVPSFAS
                     HSVENILAKSSSSSSSSSTDSTGRCSSPTTQTYTWNASSFPWMQATKLSPSSGSSEIR
                     PPFAGPKVQCTLRKHKTNRKPRTPFTTSQLLALERKFRQKQYLSIAERAEFSASLNLT
                     ETQVKIWFQNRRAKAKRLQEAELEKLKMAAKPMFAPGLGMHIPASAYYSSLSRSTRRS
                     GHRSPSVPTI"
BASE COUNT      478 a    531 c    400 g    483 t      1 others
ORIGIN      
        1 gtcaatggat gcgacatcaa cgtcacacga tcgcggctct catggctgac tcaccagcaa
       61 ttacctcggt gcaggagagg cggtgtgccg atattttgtt cgcaaattga ttaatgacag
      121 acaagcgccg aaaagtttac agtaacgtag cggtgtgtat catatactgg cttgctcaat
      181 cgtcgagttg atatcatatc tcactgctct gctccgtcat ccagctcgat gtgtgtttaa
      241 ccggtctgaa ttattgttat cacagcgatt ccatgcatgt gcataaccta catggtgcct
      301 cttcatttta ttcagtgcct ttcatgttta cagtatttaa gtcattccat ccaaagcaag
      361 ccaacagtga aggtattttt tctacttcga ggacatcttc gagactaatc attcgcttgc
      421 tatcttctct atttgagctc atccttgatt gctgttgaag tgattatttt ggaatttgga
      481 ataattttct tctatcgaat cgacgtgcac ccatgcatat tatgcatcac agcgaaacgg
      541 cgataaccga gacgccgtac gacccggctt ccatcatgtc caataagacg ctgacagtga
      601 gcaacaattc cgccttcacg cggccccacc atagcctctc tcccgtcacg gccatctctc
      661 cgggggcaac ttcacccgag acgccgatgc acaaagcaga cgacaggccc gccaaaggaa
      721 tcaatttccg agtggaatct ctcttctcga agtcaccgtc cccgctcggc agcaaacagc
      781 acccaacaga catggactgc agccccgtgg ctccttcgtc accacctccc gaaaaccccg
      841 ctgctcgaac gaactcctca tccgtaccgt ctttcgccag tcatagtgta gagaacattt
      901 tagccaaatc atcgtcatcg tcatcgtcgt cgtcaacgga tagtacggga cggtgcagct
      961 caccgacgac gcagacgtac acttggaatg cttctagctt tccttggatg caggcgacaa
     1021 aattaagccc ttcatctggt tcatcagaaa tccgacctcc attcgcagga cccaaagtgc
     1081 agtgcacgct ccggaagcac aagacaaacc ggaagcccag gacccccttc accacgtcac
     1141 aacttctcgc tctcgagcgc aaattccgcc aaaagcagta cctctcgata gccgagcgtg
     1201 cagagttctc cgcctcgctc aacctcaccg aaactcaggt caagatctgg ttccagaaca
     1261 ggagggccaa ggcyaagcgc ctccaggagg ccgaactcga gaaactcaag atggcggcca
     1321 aacctatgtt cgcgcctgga ctcggtatgc acattcctgc cagcgcgtac tactcgtcac
     1381 tcagccgctc cacgcggcgc tcaggccaca gatctccctc agtccctacc atctaggacc
     1441 gtatgcatat ttaccatcac cgccagctcc atcgaacata gtctatccat atacgaccgg
     1501 gagcttttga gaatgaccaa gacattggac attgcacctt attgcttcat caacgatctt
     1561 aaaaaatgaa ctggtgccta actttatcta cttacacgtc ggtgtgctta ttcctatttt
     1621 gactgaagat ggcgatgtag acgaatccgt caatattgtt tatgttgaca tgacatggtg
     1681 ccgtggcagt gttgtattgt catgggtgat tagccgaact gacacttgct gcatgacgtc
     1741 atctgcaagt ccatcatgca ttgcaaagtt ccaaatacgt ttacattaaa aattgcttgc
     1801 cgtccattgt gggccaaaaa ttgaggactt tgatatgcca attgttattt tgtctaagtt
     1861 atctacgcag ccatgtgaga tttattagaa ttc
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