LOCUS       AF254069                 642 bp    mRNA    linear   HUM 03-NOV-2000
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens interleukin 21 (IL21) mRNA, complete cds.
ACCESSION   AF254069
VERSION     AF254069.1
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 642)
  AUTHORS   Parrish-Novak,J., Dillon,S.R., Nelson,A., Hammond,A., Sprecher,C.,
            Gross,J.A., Johnston,J., Madden,K., Xu,W., West,J., Schrader,S.,
            Burkhead,S., Heipel,M., Brandt,C., Kuijper,J.L., Kramer,J.,
            Conklin,D., Presnell,S.R., Berry,J., Shiota,F., Bort,S., Hambly,K.,
            Mudri,S., Clegg,C., Moore,M., Grant,F.J., Lofton-Day,C.,
            Gilbert,T., Rayond,F., Ching,A., Yao,L., Smith,D., Webster,P.,
            Whitmore,T., Maurer,M., Kaushansky,K., Holly,R.D. and Foster,D.
  TITLE     Interleukin 21 and its receptor are involved in NK cell expansion
            and regulation of lymphocyte function
  JOURNAL   Nature 408 (6808), 57-63 (2000)
   PUBMED   11081504
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 642)
  AUTHORS   Parrish-Novak,J.E., Presnell,S.R., Conklin,D.C. and Hammond,A.K.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (10-APR-2000) Functional Cloning, ZymoGenetics, Inc.,
            1201 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102, USA
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..642
                     /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000075104"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /chromosome="4"
                     /map="4q26-q27"
     gene            1..642
                     /gene="IL21"
     CDS             47..535
                     /gene="IL21"
                     /note="four helix bundle cytokine"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="interleukin 21"
                     /protein_id="AAG29348.1"
                     /translation="MRSSPGNMERIVICLMVIFLGTLVHKSSSQGQDRHMIRMRQLID
                     IVDQLKNYVNDLVPEFLPAPEDVETNCEWSAFSCFQKAQLKSANTGNNERIINVSIKK
                     LKRKPPSTNAGRRQKHRLTCPSCDSYEKKPPKEFLERFKSLLQKMIHQHLSSRTHGSE
                     DS"
BASE COUNT          220 a          127 c          129 g          166 t
ORIGIN      
        1 gctgaagtga aaacgagacc aaggtctagc tctactgttg gtacttatga gatccagtcc
       61 tggcaacatg gagaggattg tcatctgtct gatggtcatc ttcttgggga cactggtcca
      121 caaatcaagc tcccaaggtc aagatcgcca catgattaga atgcgtcaac ttatagatat
      181 tgttgatcag ctgaaaaatt atgtgaatga cttggtccct gaatttctgc cagctccaga
      241 agatgtagag acaaactgtg agtggtcagc tttttcctgt tttcagaagg cccaactaaa
      301 gtcagcaaat acaggaaaca atgaaaggat aatcaatgta tcaattaaaa agctgaagag
      361 gaaaccacct tccacaaatg cagggagaag acagaaacac agactaacat gcccttcatg
      421 tgattcttat gagaaaaaac cacccaaaga attcctagaa agattcaaat cacttctcca
      481 aaagatgatt catcagcatc tgtcctctag aacacacgga agtgaagatt cctgaggatc
      541 taacttgcag ttggacacta tgttacatac tctaatatag tagtgaaagt catttctttg
      601 tattccaagt ggaggagccc tattaaatta tataaagaaa ta
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