From: GenBank-Updates@genbank.bio.net
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank.updates
Subject: T.brucei rhodensiense mRNA for variant surface glycoprotein (VSG)
Date: 8 Apr 92 10:01:49 GMT
Distribution: bionet
Checksum: 10600     5

LOCUS       TRBRVSG      1732 bp ss-mRNA            INV       08-APR-1992
DEFINITION  T.brucei rhodensiense mRNA for variant surface glycoprotein (VSG)
ACCESSION   X56643
KEYWORDS    variant surface glycoprotein.
SOURCE      Trypanosoma brucei RNA.
  ORGANISM  Trypanosoma brucei
            Eukaryota; Animalia; Protozoa; Sarcomastigophora; Mastigophora;
            Kinetoplastida; Trypanosomatina; Trypanosomatidae.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 1732)
  AUTHORS   Reinitz,D.M., Aizenstein,B.A. and Mansfield,J.M.
  TITLE     Variable and conserved structural elements of trypanosome variable
            surface glycoproteins
  JOURNAL   Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 51, 119-132 (1992)
  STANDARD  full automatic
COMMENT     *source: strain=rhodesiense; *source: clone=LouTat 1;
            From EMBL    entry TBRVSG;  dated 03-APR-1992.
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     CDS             116..1648
                     /product="Variant Surface Glycoprotein"
                     /gene="VSG"
                     /translation="MQPNGAQHFTIPLTAAFLLLAHETAATANHGLKRQTWEPVCQLS
                     EELDGVTPGTLETTVNIMQTAINMQKEGLRTQVYLAAKPNDPDTDKLAALGAYQATAA
                     GVIENNLKSTGIEKALAEAQTTSYLKGKIDEWLNIAHETKGASHGCLTVAAGTTPVKK
                     VGNTIDGVKCPLTLTKLARKARTPNKLTAGGFQGLRETTADGRRPPRQQRAMQADALR
                     QCQRIVKTDGNTEDSKVTYVDGYIQVTAAANSKAVLAFGGADAKPQTSNHPAWAAAYE
                     AVKAAPLETEPAYKNKTAELTTDEEATTLFALIGAADKPREGQGIETYKRQLFSTTPG
                     KEIGRLMAKVATFKLPHKFGDTKEGTLLGDITELSVLAALLADLQLKNAQNLKTLNDK
                     VEEASKNNQKASVDTCSKTEDKNNCNSKPFCSYNESAAEGDKKCHFNETKASKSGVPV
                     TQTQTAGADTTAEKCKGKGEKDCKSPDCKWEGGTCKDSSILANKQFALSVASAAFVAL
                     LF"
     sig_peptide     116..193
     mat_peptide     194..1579
                     /product="Variant Surface Glycoprotein"
                     /gene="VSG"
BASE COUNT      605 a    443 c    403 g    281 t
ORIGIN
        1 ctattattag aacagtttct gtactatatt gccacggcag ctccactgta agaccggctt
       61 tttttctatt tcgagagtca gataaaccgg tagagcacaa aaaaccaacg acaagatgca
      121 acccaatggc gcacagcact ttactatacc gttaacagcg gcgttccttt tactcgcgca
      181 cgaaacggcg gctacagcaa accacggact caaacggcaa acatgggagc cggtgtgtca
      241 actaagtgaa gaactagacg gcgtcacacc aggaacgcta gagacgaccg taaacataat
      301 gcaaacagca ataaacatgc aaaaggaagg actcaggacg caagtctacc tagcagcaaa
      361 gcccaatgac cccgacaccg acaaacttgc agccctaggc gcgtaccaag caacagcggc
      421 gggcgtgatc gaaaacaatc taaagtcgac aggaattgaa aaagcactag cagaagcgca
      481 gaccacaagc tacctcaaag gcaaaattga cgaatggcta aacatagcgc acgagaccaa
      541 gggcgcctcg cacgggtgct tgacggtcgc agcggggacg acaccggtca agaaggtcgg
      601 caatactatc gacggcgtca agtgcccact aaccctcaca aaattggcga gaaaagcaag
      661 gacaccgaac aagctaacgg ccggcggatt ccaagggctc agggagacga cagccgacgg
      721 caggcgacca ccaagacaac agcgcgcaat gcaggctgat gcactacgac agtgccaacg
      781 aatagtaaaa acagacggca acaccgaaga cagcaaggta acctacgtag acggctacat
      841 acaagtaacc gcagcggcaa actcaaaagc agttctagcg ttcggaggag ctgacgcgaa
      901 accacagacc agcaatcacc cagcttgggc agctgcatac gaggcagtta aagcagcgcc
      961 gctcgaaacg gaaccggcct acaaaaacaa gacagcagag ctaacaacag acgaggaagc
     1021 cacgactttg ttcgctttaa tcggcgcggc agacaagcca agggaaggac aaggcattga
     1081 aacctacaaa agacagctgt tctcgacaac ccctggcaag gaaataggcc ggctaatggc
     1141 aaaagtagcg accttcaagc tgccacacaa atttggggac acaaaagaag gcaccctact
     1201 aggggacatc actgaactaa gcgtactggc agcactacta gcggacttac agctaaaaaa
     1261 tgcacaaaat ctaaaaacct taaacgacaa ggtagaagaa gcttcgaaga acaatcaaaa
     1321 ggcatcggta gacacttgca gtaaaacaga agataaaaat aactgcaaca gcaagccttt
     1381 ctgcagctat aatgaaagcg cagctgaggg tgacaaaaag tgccacttta atgaaacaaa
     1441 agcctcaaaa agtggtgtgc ctgtaacaca aactcaaact gcaggagccg acacgacagc
     1501 agaaaagtgc aaaggcaaag gagagaaaga ttgcaaatct ccggattgca aatgggaggg
     1561 cggaacttgc aaagattcct ctattctagc aaacaaacaa tttgccctca gcgtggcttc
     1621 tgccgcattt gtggccttgc ttttctaaaa caaatatatc ccccctcaat tttccttaaa
     1681 aaattcttgc tacttgaaaa ctttctgata tattttaaca cgtaagttac cc
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