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A family of structural genes for human lymphoblastoid (leukocyte-type) interferon

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Amino acid sequences of tryptic and chymotryptic peptides from human lymphoblastoid interferon (IFN-α) have been determined. The results show that IFN-α consists of a family of proteins with at least five different, but homologous, primary structures. There appears to be little, if any, glycosylation of the major components of IFN-α.

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Allen, G., Fantes, K. A family of structural genes for human lymphoblastoid (leukocyte-type) interferon. Nature 287, 408–411 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/287408a0

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