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Review
. 1995 Jun;66(3):507-34.
doi: 10.1016/0163-7258(95)00008-5.

Interferon-alpha hybrids

M A Horisberger  1 , S Di Marco
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Review

Interferon-alpha hybrids

M A Horisberger et al. Pharmacol Ther. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

The alpha-interferons (IFN-alpha) belong to a family of polypeptides comprising several subtypes. Using recombinant DNA technology, it has been possible to create IFN hybrids that provide novel combinations of the amino acid residues from the parental protein sequences. They have been used to study structure-activity relationships of IFN-alpha and interactions with the IFN-alpha receptor, and to create analogs of natural IFNs with novel properties for potential therapeutic application. The biological data obtained with these hybrids are now evaluated in terms of the published structural and homology models of IFN-beta and -alpha.

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