LOCUS       AF116456                1052 bp    mRNA    linear   HUM 03-AUG-1999
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens B-cell activating factor (BAFF) mRNA, complete cds.
ACCESSION   AF116456
VERSION     AF116456.1
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 1052)
  AUTHORS   Schneider,P., MacKay,F., Steiner,V., Hoffman,K., Bodmer,J.L.,
            Holler,N., Ambrose,C., Lawton,P., Bixler,S., Acha-Orbea,H.,
            Valmori,D., Romero,P., Werner-Favre,C., Zubler,R.H., Browning,J.L.
            and Tschopp,J.
  TITLE     BAFF, a novel ligand of the tumor necrosis factor family,
            stimulates B cell growth
  JOURNAL   J. Exp. Med. 189 (11), 1747-1756 (1999)
   PUBMED   10359578
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 1052)
  AUTHORS   Schneider,P. and Tschopp,J.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (23-DEC-1998) Institute of Biochemistry, University of
            Lausanne, Chemin des Boveresses 155, Epalinges, CH 1066,
            Switzerland
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..1052
                     /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000069926"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /chromosome="13"
                     /map="13q32-q34"
     gene            1..1052
                     /gene="BAFF"
     CDS             119..976
                     /gene="BAFF"
                     /note="member of the TNF family"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="B-cell activating factor"
                     /protein_id="AAD25356.1"
                     /translation="MDDSTEREQSRLTSCLKKREEMKLKECVSILPRKESPSVRSSKD
                     GKLLAATLLLALLSCCLTVVSFYQVAALQGDLASLRAELQGHHAEKLPAGAGAPKAGL
                     EEAPAVTAGLKIFEPPAPGEGNSSQNSRNKRAVQGPEETVTQDCLQLIADSETPTIQK
                     GSYTFVPWLLSFKRGSALEEKENKILVKETGYFFIYGQVLYTDKTYAMGHLIQRKKVH
                     VFGDELSLVTLFRCIQNMPETLPNNSCYSAGIAKLEEGDELQLAIPRENAQISLDGDV
                     TFFGALKLL"
BASE COUNT          316 a          252 c          242 g          242 t
ORIGIN      
        1 tgccaagccc tgccatgtag tgcacgcagg acatcaacaa acacagataa caggaaatga
       61 tccattccct gtggtcactt attctaaagg ccccaacctt caaagttcaa gtagtgatat
      121 ggatgactcc acagaaaggg agcagtcacg ccttacttct tgccttaaga aaagagaaga
      181 aatgaaactg aaggagtgtg tttccatcct cccacggaag gaaagcccct ctgtccgatc
      241 ctccaaagac ggaaagctgc tggctgcaac cttgctgctg gcactgctgt cttgctgcct
      301 cacggtggtg tctttctacc aggtggccgc cctgcaaggg gacctggcca gcctccgggc
      361 agagctgcag ggccaccacg cggagaagct gccagcagga gcaggagccc ccaaggccgg
      421 cctggaggaa gctccagctg tcaccgcggg actgaaaatc tttgaaccac cagctccagg
      481 agaaggcaac tccagtcaga acagcagaaa taagcgtgcc gttcagggtc cagaagaaac
      541 agtcactcaa gactgcttgc aactgattgc agacagtgaa acaccaacta tacaaaaagg
      601 atcttacaca tttgttccat ggcttctcag ctttaaaagg ggaagtgccc tagaagaaaa
      661 agagaataaa atattggtca aagaaactgg ttactttttt atatatggtc aggttttata
      721 tactgataag acctacgcca tgggacatct aattcagagg aagaaggtcc atgtctttgg
      781 ggatgaattg agtctggtga ctttgtttcg atgtattcaa aatatgcctg aaacactacc
      841 caataattcc tgctattcag ctggcattgc aaaactggaa gaaggagatg aactccaact
      901 tgcaatacca agagaaaatg cacaaatatc actggatgga gatgtcacat tttttggtgc
      961 attgaaactg ctgtgaccta cttacaccat gtctgtagct attttcctcc ctttctctgt
     1021 acctctaaga agaaagaatc taactgaaaa ta
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