LOCUS       AF268478                 632 bp    mRNA    linear   HUM 31-MAY-2000
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens lens epithelial cell protein (LEP503) mRNA, complete
            cds.
ACCESSION   AF268478
VERSION     AF268478.1
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 632)
  AUTHORS   Wen,Y., Sachs,G. and Athmann,C.
  TITLE     A novel lens epithelium gene, LEP503, is highly conserved in
            different vertebrate species and is developmentally regulated in
            postnatal rat lens
  JOURNAL   Exp. Eye Res. 70 (2), 159-168 (2000)
   PUBMED   10655141
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 632)
  AUTHORS   Wen,Y. and Sachs,G.
  TITLE     Cloning and Functional Characterization of the 5'-Flanking Region
            of the Human LEP503 gene
  JOURNAL   Unpublished
REFERENCE   3  (bases 1 to 632)
  AUTHORS   Wen,Y. and Sachs,G.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (16-MAY-2000) Membrane Biology Laboratory, UCLA/West Los
            Angeles VA Medical Center, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Bldg. 113, Rm.
            324, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..632
                     /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000075735"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /chromosome="1"
                     /map="1q22"
     gene            1..632
                     /gene="LEP503"
     CDS             23..208
                     /gene="LEP503"
                     /note="contains leucine-rich domain"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="lens epithelial cell protein"
                     /protein_id="AAF73074.1"
                     /translation="MQPRTQPLAQTLPFFLGGAPRDTGLRVPVIKMGTGWEGFQRTLK
                     EVAYILLCCWCIKELLD"
BASE COUNT          145 a          196 c          154 g          137 t
ORIGIN      
        1 cttcctcgga actgttgccc acatgcagcc ccggacacag cccctagccc aaaccctacc
       61 cttcttcctc ggaggggccc ctcgagacac tgggctgcgg gtgcctgtca ttaagatggg
      121 cacagggtgg gagggcttcc agcggaccct gaaggaagtc gcctacatcc tcctctgctg
      181 ctggtgtatc aaggaactgc tggattaatg gtagcaggga actgcctcct ctccccacca
      241 gcaccatggc tggcatcgct cagcccccag cccaattgcc atcaagactc ctgaagccag
      301 ctgtgcttga ccaaggatgg gccataaaca atgagtaaac agtaaagtgt ggatcctgct
      361 ttgagctgtg tcatctagca gacctgcctc atctctgagc ctccttcatt cccaacccct
      421 gcctctggtg gacctctggt gggcaggagc ttggactgct ctggctagga ccccagtaag
      481 attgtggcaa gacctggcac tcctccaagc ttggcacagt gagcccacca gctcagatgg
      541 ttgatcttac cataccctca tagtaccaag aatggactgc cccctaagaa acctgtttga
      601 gaatcactga attaaaaata taatccatag gc
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