TABLE 1

Comparison of the mouse and human SLC39A14 and SLC39A8 gene structures

All sequences are based on NCBI m37 mouse assembly (Apr 2007; strain C57BL/6J) and NCBI 36 assembly of the human genome (Nov 2005). From the 5′-most (exon 1c) start site to the 3′-most nucleotide of exon 9, the four genes from left to right span 92,502, 57,942 [?], 64,860, and 88,148 bp, respectively. For mouse Slc39a14, the genomic 5′ to 3′ sequence is exon 1c, intron 1c, exon 1b, intron 1b, exon 1a, intron 1a, exon 2, intron 2, exon 3, intron 3, exon 4a, intron 4a, exon 4b, intron 4b, exon 5, intron 5,...... exon 9.

Number	Mouse Slc39a14		Human SCL39A14		Mouse Slc39a8		Human SLC39A8
Number	Exon	Intron	Exon	Intron	Exon	Intron	Exon	Intron
	bp		bp		bp		bp
1c	139	32,340	[?]	[?]	256	1486	184	801
1b	110	29,383	[?]	[?]	146	632	139	429
1a	131	15,130	104	37,287	37	156	26	159
2	279	2037	285	3329	451	22,325	748	28,613
3	187	604	187	1449	163	6725	163	8062
4(a)	170	4688	170	4664	170	1409	170	2324
4(b)	170	2625	170	2573
5	120	584	123	866	123	465	123	507
6	189	117	189	115	171	25,955	165	36,237
7	208	923	208	1370	208	197	208	197
8	185	1837	185	1716	185	2018	185	4296
9	516		3122		1582		1527
Total^a	1993^a	90,268	[4573 bp]	[53,369 bp]	3309	61,368 bp	3473	84,510
	1964				3199		3428
	1985				3090		3315

[?], not detected in the human genome.
↵ a The three total lengths of exons denote the mRNA transcripts using exons 1c, 1b, or 1a, respectively (which are found in the dbEST database).