LOCUS       HQ171778                 259 bp    DNA     linear   MAM 08-AUG-2012
DEFINITION  Cervus taiouanus voucher M. Cronin matrix metallopeptidase 20
            (MMP20) gene, exon 2 and partial cds.
ACCESSION   HQ171778
VERSION     HQ171778.1
KEYWORDS    .
SOURCE      Cervus nippon taiouanus (Formosan sika deer)
  ORGANISM  Cervus nippon taiouanus
            Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
            Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Artiodactyla; Ruminantia;
            Pecora; Cervidae; Cervinae; Cervus.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 259)
  AUTHORS   Meredith,R.W., Gatesy,J., Cheng,J. and Springer,M.S.
  TITLE     Pseudogenization of the tooth gene enamelysin (MMP20) in the common
            ancestor of extant baleen whales
  JOURNAL   Proc. Biol. Sci. 278 (1708), 993-1002 (2011)
   PUBMED   20861053
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 259)
  AUTHORS   Meredith,R.W., Gatesy,J., Cheng,J. and Springer,M.S.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (23-AUG-2010) Department of Biology, University of
            California, Riverside, 1354 Spieth Hall, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..259
                     /organism="Cervus nippon taiouanus"
                     /mol_type="genomic DNA"
                     /sub_species="taiouanus"
                     /specimen_voucher="M. Cronin"
                     /db_xref="taxon:37550"
     gene            <1..>259
                     /gene="MMP20"
     mRNA            <1..>248
                     /gene="MMP20"
                     /product="matrix metallopeptidase 20"
     CDS             <1..>248
                     /gene="MMP20"
                     /note="enamelysin"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="matrix metallopeptidase 20"
                     /protein_id="ADO20910.1"
                     /translation="AYLDKYYTKKGGPQIGEMVARGGNSTVKKIKELQAFFGLRVTGK
                     LDRATMDVIKRPRCGVPDVADYRLFPGEPKWKKNTLTY"
     exon            <1..248
                     /gene="MMP20"
                     /number=2
     intron          249..>259
                     /gene="MMP20"
                     /number=2
BASE COUNT           78 a           59 c           71 g           51 t
ORIGIN      
        1 gcataccttg acaagtatta cacaaaaaaa ggagggcccc agattgggga gatggttgca
       61 agaggaggca attccacggt taaaaagatt aaggagctgc aggcgttctt cggcctccga
      121 gtcaccggga agttagaccg agctaccatg gacgtgatca agaggcctcg ctgcggagtt
      181 cccgatgtgg ccgactatcg cctcttccca ggtgaaccca aatggaaaaa aaatactttg
      241 acatacaggt aatgagatc
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