LOCUS       AF517122                 662 bp    mRNA    linear   HUM 19-SEP-2002
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens N-TWIST basic helix-loop-helix protein (NTWIST) mRNA,
            complete cds.
ACCESSION   AF517122
VERSION     AF517122.1
KEYWORDS    .
SOURCE      Homo sapiens (human)
  ORGANISM  Homo sapiens
            Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
            Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini;
            Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 662)
  AUTHORS   Verzi,M.P., Anderson,J.P., Dodou,E., Kelly,K.K., Greene,S.B.,
            North,B.J., Cripps,R.M. and Black,B.L.
  TITLE     N-twist, an evolutionarily conserved bHLH protein expressed in the
            developing CNS, functions as a transcriptional inhibitor
  JOURNAL   Dev. Biol. 249 (1), 174-190 (2002)
   PUBMED   12217327
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 662)
  AUTHORS   Black,B.L., Verzi,M.P. and Anderson,J.P.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (03-JUN-2002) Cardiovascular Research Institute,
            University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box
            0130, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..662
                     /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000081123"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /chromosome="7"
                     /map="7p15"
                     /sex="male"
     gene            1..662
                     /gene="NTWIST"
                     /note="N-Twist"
     CDS             71..571
                     /gene="NTWIST"
                     /note="bHLH transcriptional inhibitor; expressed in
                     developing ventral neural tube"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="N-TWIST basic helix-loop-helix protein"
                     /protein_id="AAN04086.1"
                     /translation="MAAYPESCVDTTVLDFVADLSLASPRRPLLCDFAPGVSLGDPAL
                     ALREGRPRRMARFEEGDPEEEECEVDQGDGEEEEEEERGRGVSLLGRPKRKRVITYAQ
                     RQAANIRERKRMFNLNEAFDQLRRKVPTFAYEKRLSRIETLRLAIVYISFMTELLESC
                     EKKESG"
     misc_feature    374..541
                     /gene="NTWIST"
                     /note="Region: bHLH domain"
BASE COUNT          145 a          185 c          225 g          107 t
ORIGIN      
        1 gaattcggct taccagcaac ctcgcccctc cctgcggaaa accgatgaga ggcagggcca
       61 agccgaagcg atggcggcct atccggagag ctgcgtggac actacggtgc tggacttcgt
      121 cgcagacctg tccctggcct ccccgagacg ccctctcctc tgcgacttcg cacccggggt
      181 ctccttgggg gacccagccc ttgcgctccg agagggaaga cccaggagga tggcgcggtt
      241 tgaagagggg gacccagaag aagaggagtg cgaagtggac cagggggacg gagaagagga
      301 ggaggaagag gagcgcggaa gaggtgtctc cctattaggc cgccccaaga ggaaaagggt
      361 gatcacctac gcccagcgcc aggccgccaa catccgcgaa aggaagcgga tgttcaacct
      421 caacgaggcc tttgaccagc tgcggaggaa ggtgcccacg tttgcttacg agaaaaggct
      481 gtcccggatc gagaccctcc gcctggccat cgtctatatc tccttcatga ccgagctctt
      541 ggagagctgt gagaagaagg aaagcggctg agcctggtgt ggagagtctg cccttcctcg
      601 tctggtagtg ctggggtgtg tcaggaccgg gcactgggtg aggctaaagg gaagccgaat
      661 tc
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