LOCUS       AF045798     1781 bp    mRNA            VRT       06-MAY-1998
DEFINITION  Xenopus laevis gremlin mRNA, complete cds.
ACCESSION   AF045798
NID         g3114603
VERSION     AF045798.1  GI:3114603
KEYWORDS    .
SOURCE      African clawed frog.
  ORGANISM  Xenopus laevis
            Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Vertebrata; Amphibia; Batrachia;
            Anura; Mesobatrachia; Pipoidea; Pipidae; Xenopodinae; Xenopus.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 1781)
  AUTHORS   Hsu,D.R., Economides,A.N., Wang,X., Eimon,P.M. and Harland,R.M.
  TITLE     The Xenopus dorsalizing factor Gremlin identifies a novel family of
            secreted proteins that antagonize BMP activities
  JOURNAL   Mol. Cell 1 (5), 673-683 (1998)
  MEDLINE   98325381
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 1781)
  AUTHORS   Hsu,D.R. and Harland,R.M.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (04-FEB-1998) Molecular and Cell Biology, University of
            California, 401 Barker Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3204, USA
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..1781
                     /organism="Xenopus laevis"
                     /db_xref="taxon:8355"
                     /tissue_type="ovary"
     CDS             66..614
                     /note="TGF-beta antagonist"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="gremlin"
                     /protein_id="AAC41279.1"
                     /db_xref="PID:g3114604"
                     /db_xref="GI:3114604"
                     /translation="MNCLVYALGSLFLLSGLLLPSSEGKKKVSGSQGAIPPPDKGQPN
                     DSEQGQAQPGDRVRGKGKGQALAAEEVLESSQEALHVTERKYLKRDWCKTQPLKQTIH
                     EDGCNSRTIINRFCYGQCNSFYIPRHIRREEGSFQSCSFCKPKKFTTMVVTLNCPELQ
                     PPTKKKRITRVKQCRCISIDLD"
BASE COUNT      541 a    400 c    398 g    442 t
ORIGIN      
        1 cccgtgtagc agcctcacat ggactagtct tgatctgctg tgagccagcg gccccttccc
       61 acaggatgaa ctgtctcgtt tatgctctag gatccctttt ccttctgagt gggctcctcc
      121 tccccagctc cgaagggaag aagaaggtta gtggatcaca gggagccatt cctccccctg
      181 acaaagggca gcccaatgac tctgagcaag gtcaagctca gccaggagac cgggtcagag
      241 ggaaggggaa gggacaagca ctagcggctg aagaagtgct ggagtccagt caagaagctc
      301 tacacgtcac tgaacgcaag tatctaaaga gggactggtg taagactcag cccttaaagc
      361 aaacaattca cgaggacggg tgcaacagtc gtaccatcat caaccgcttc tgctatgggc
      421 aatgcaactc cttctacatc ccccgtcaca tacgcaggga ggagggctca tttcaatcct
      481 gctccttctg caagcctaaa aaattcacca caatggtggt caccctgaac tgcccagagc
      541 tacaacctcc cacaaagaag aagagaatta cacgtgtcaa gcagtgtcgc tgcatctcca
      601 tagacctgga ctaatgtgcc gctgggcctg tgaatactag aataatgtac tgggagcttc
      661 actcttcata tccataccat tactgtctgt gccaagacca tcaaaccaca atcctcacag
      721 gcattctgtt gtgtccgagc tactttatgc ttttcatgct aatacaccat cagcaggaat
      781 ccaaacaagc aataaatatc tagatttcct ccttctgctg aactgtcccg aacagcgttg
      841 ggttctttat cctttttttt agggaatgtg gaggcctgca aagacggcat ccatgtatac
      901 attgtgtaca tatatattat ttattctcac gtgtgttttt gtgcacataa aagagcatga
      961 gaaaaggcgc tgagactgat gagagttaat gaattgtgca tgttactggc atgtagctgt
     1021 gagtcgccac tacaggagac ccaatattaa ggcaatctat gactttctgt aaggttctct
     1081 gtgggtaaac atgcattatc cacaatacat tttcttatat gtgggttaat ctgccacaaa
     1141 cctggcaaat atggcagttt gaggacagaa aatgccatgt gaagcatgta cagtctaatc
     1201 atcgcaatat attttttaaa accattgtgg ctgatttggg gggtaaagag caacacaatg
     1261 cagggaagtt cccaggagtt ggggagacta atggcatatt tctcatgtat tgaagactgc
     1321 cgggagagag agaagcaaac tggtgccaaa tggcagtgga aaaagaacga ggaggatgag
     1381 atattgaggc attttactag ggactagatt actgcaattt aaagttgctc tgactcctct
     1441 tattcacatt tgggactgta gcaacaacaa ctctgtgtca ttttattgag gtcaggggtg
     1501 ggaaacaaat cactgcatgg ctggttatgt ccagacagaa ccaccccaaa cccctctcgc
     1561 ttcccagaaa gtcccacaac tgcaatctga gactgtccca gcaaaacagg acaatctagg
     1621 gaaaatgcca ttgcaattgt agtgttgcac gataaactgt tccctaaaaa aaaaattatt
     1681 tgtattaaac aaattagcgc agaaagtttg ccaataatat gagcttcatg ataaataaag
     1741 aaacagtaca agatggaaat attaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa a
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