LOCUS       HSU09082                 303 bp    mRNA    linear   HUM 13-MAR-1996
DEFINITION  Human immunoglobulin kappa chain, V-region (SPK.8) mRNA, partial
            cds.
ACCESSION   U09082
VERSION     U09082.1
KEYWORDS    autoimmunity; thyroid; Graves' disease.
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 303)
  AUTHORS   Jaume,J.C., Costante,G., Portolano,S., McLachlan,S.M. and
            Rapoport,B.
  TITLE     Recombinant thyroid peroxidase-specific autoantibodies. I. How
            diverse is the pool of heavy and light chains in immunoglobulin
            gene libraries constructed from thyroid tissue-infiltrating plasma
            cells
  JOURNAL   Endocrinology 135 (1), 16-24 (1994)
   PUBMED   8013349
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 303)
  AUTHORS   Jaume,J.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (20-APR-1994) Juan Carlos Jaume, Medicine-Thyroid Mol.
            Biol. Unit, University of CA San Francisco, V.A. Medical Center,
            4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..303
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /cell_type="B cell"
                     /tissue_type="Graves' thyroid"
     CDS             <1..>285
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="immunoglobulin kappa chain, V-region (SPK.8)"
                     /protein_id="AAA92031.1"
                     /translation="ELVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERPTINCRSSQSLLYSPNNKYYLAWYQQ
                     KTGQPPELLVYWASTRKSGVPERFSGSGSGTDFTLTITGLQAADVAVYYCQ"
BASE COUNT           68 a           87 c           78 g           70 t
ORIGIN      
        1 gagctcgtga tgacccagtc tccagactcc ctggctgtgt ctctgggcga gaggcccact
       61 atcaactgca ggtccagcca gagtcttctc tacagtccca acaataagta ctatttagct
      121 tggtaccagc agaaaacagg acagcctcct gagctactcg tttactgggc atctacccgg
      181 aaatccgggg tccctgagcg attcagtggc agcgggtctg ggacagattt cactctcacc
      241 atcacaggcc tgcaggctgc agatgtggcg gtttattact gtcaacagtc ctatgaaggt
      301 ccg
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