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    EMBO J. 1984 Aug;3(8):1809-12.

    Two non-allelic human interferon alpha genes with identical coding regions.

    Todokoro K, Kioussis D, Weissmann C.

    A hitherto undescribed human interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) gene, IFN-alpha 13, has been isolated and characterized. Its entire coding sequence is completely identical with that of IFN-alpha 1; the 5' and 3' non-coding regions differ by 4.5% and 3.8%, respectively. As the two genes are not allelic, we conclude that the similarity is due to a very recent gene conversion event. Both genes are expressed in virus-induced leukocytes.

    PMID: 6479148 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    PMCID: PMC557600

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