LOCUS       AF293615                1313 bp    mRNA    linear   HUM 14-FEB-2002
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens blood dendritic cell antigen 2 protein (BDCA2) mRNA,
            complete cds.
ACCESSION   AF293615
VERSION     AF293615.1
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 1313)
  AUTHORS   Dzionek,A., Sohma,Y., Nagafune,J., Cella,M., Colonna,M.,
            Facchetti,F., Gunther,G., Johnston,I., Lanzavecchia,A.,
            Nagasaka,T., Okada,T., Vermi,W., Winkels,G., Yamamoto,T., Zysk,M.,
            Yamaguchi,Y. and Schmitz,J.
  TITLE     BDCA-2, a novel plasmacytoid dendritic cell-specific type II C-type
            lectin, mediates antigen capture and is a potent inhibitor of
            interferon alpha/beta induction
  JOURNAL   J. Exp. Med. 194 (12), 1823-1834 (2001)
   PUBMED   11748283
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 1313)
  AUTHORS   Sohma,Y., Johnston,I., Dzionek,A., Nagasaka,T., Nagafune,J.,
            Okada,T., Hirano,T., Schmitz,J. and Yamaguchi,Y.
  TITLE     Cloning and characterization of blood dendritic cell antigen 2
            (BDCA-2), a C-type lectin expressed on plasmacytoid dendritic cells
  JOURNAL   Unpublished
REFERENCE   3  (bases 1 to 1313)
  AUTHORS   Sohma,Y., Johnston,I., Dzionek,A., Nagasaka,T., Nagafune,J.,
            Okada,T., Hirano,T., Schmitz,J. and Yamaguchi,Y.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (04-AUG-2000) Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Friedrich-Ebert-Str.
            68, Bergisch Gladbach 51429, Germany
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..1313
                     /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000076552"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /cell_type="plasmacytoid dendritic cell; DC-2"
     gene            1..1313
                     /gene="BDCA2"
     CDS             492..1133
                     /gene="BDCA2"
                     /note="C-type lectin"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="blood dendritic cell antigen 2 protein"
                     /protein_id="AAL37036.1"
                     /translation="MVPEEEPQDREKGLWWFQLKVWSMAVVSILLLSVCFTVSSVVPH
                     NFMYSKTVKRLSKLREYQQYHPSLTCVMEGKDIEDWSCCPTPWTSFQSSCYFISTGMQ
                     SWTKSQKNCSVMGADLVVINTREEQDFIIQNLKRNSSYFLGLSDPGGRRHWQWVDQTP
                     YNENVTFWHSGEPNNLDERCAIINFRSSEEWGWNDIHCHVPQKSICKMKKIYI"
BASE COUNT          374 a          302 c          297 g          340 t
ORIGIN      
        1 cagtgattct cgtgcctcag cctcctgagt agccgaaatt acagacgtgt gccaccatgc
       61 ttggctaatt ttttggattt ttagtagaga tggggtttca ctatgttggc caggctagtc
      121 ttgaactcct ggcctgaagc aatccgccca cctcagcctc ccaaagtgct gagattatag
      181 gcacgagcca ctacacctgg ccacaaaatt ctttaaagaa gccaatccca tcctccctca
      241 agagccaagg ggccacctca ccctcttgtt acagcagatc ctgcctccca cagtcaccct
      301 gctcccaagt gcaacctctg tctgaccctg catggtgtgc ggtgccctcc tgcctcaggc
      361 cgcgaagaag gatctaaggg cttggcttgt ttgaaagaac cacaccccga aagtaacatc
      421 tttggagaaa gtgatacaag agcttctgca cccacctgat agaggaagtc caaagggtgt
      481 gcgcacacac aatggtgcct gaagaagagc ctcaagaccg agagaaagga ctctggtggt
      541 tccagttgaa ggtctggtcc atggcagtcg tatccatctt gctcctcagt gtctgtttca
      601 ctgtgagttc tgtggtgcct cacaatttta tgtatagcaa aactgtcaag aggctgtcca
      661 agttacgaga gtatcaacag tatcatccaa gcctgacctg cgtcatggaa ggaaaggaca
      721 tagaagattg gagctgctgc ccaacccctt ggacttcatt tcagtctagt tgctacttta
      781 tttctactgg gatgcaatct tggactaaga gtcaaaagaa ctgttctgtg atgggggctg
      841 atctggtggt gatcaacacc agggaagaac aggatttcat cattcagaat ctgaaaagaa
      901 attcttctta ttttctgggg ctgtcagatc cagggggtcg gcgacattgg caatgggttg
      961 accagacacc atacaatgaa aatgtcacat tctggcactc aggtgaaccc aataaccttg
     1021 atgagcgttg tgcgataata aatttccgtt cttcagaaga atggggctgg aatgacattc
     1081 actgtcatgt acctcagaag tcaatttgca agatgaagaa gatctacata taaatgaaat
     1141 attctccctg gaaatgtgtt tgggttggca tccaccgttg tagaaagcta aattgatttt
     1201 ttaatttatg tgtaagtttt gtacaaggaa tgcccctaaa atgtttcagc aggctgtcac
     1261 ctattacact tatgatataa tccaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaa
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