ANALYSIS OF INTERFERON-ALPHA-2 SEQUENCES IN HUMAN GENOMIC DNA

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作者
GEWERT, D [1 ]
SALOM, C [1 ]
BARBER, K [1 ]
MACBRIDE, S [1 ]
COOPER, H [1 ]
LEWIS, A [1 ]
WOOD, J [1 ]
CROWE, S [1 ]
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[1] WELLCOME FDN LTD,DIV MANAGEMENT SERV,BECKENHAM BR3 3BS,KENT,ENGLAND
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JOURNAL OF INTERFERON RESEARCH | 1993年 / 13卷 / 03期
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10.1089/jir.1993.13.227
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have analyzed the genomic DNA sequence corresponding to the human interferon-alpha2 (IFN-alpha2) gene locus. In human lymphoblastoid Namalwa cells, we have detected sequences corresponding to IFN-alpha2b and -2c, while in human KG-1 cells both IFN-alpha2a and -2b were present. However, in 100 independent IFN-alpha2 clones derived from 20 unrelated Caucasian volunteers, we found only sequences corresponding to IFN-alpha2b. Statistical analysis of this result suggests that the sequences corresponding to IFN-alpha2a and -2c are either rare allelic variants of this gene, occurring in only a minority of the Caucasian population, or are restricted to transformed cell lines.
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