IFN-beta Products

Description

IFN-beta (interferon beta; also fibroblast IFN) is a secreted, monomeric 23-24 kDa member of the alpha/beta interferon family of molecules. It can be produced by almost all cell types in response to bacterial DNA or viral double-stranded RNA and is abundantly secreted by circulating plasmacytoid DCs. IFN-beta drives monocytic transformation into DCs, and it appears to stimulate a B cell switch from from IgM to IgG secretion. Mature human IFN-beta is 166 amino acids (aa) in length (aa 22-187) and contains one phosphorylation site at Ser140. There is one potential alternative start site at Met22. Full-length human IFN-beta (aa 22-187) shares 47% aa identity with mouse IFN-beta .

Bioinformatics

Uniprot	P01574
Product By Gene ID	3456
Alternate Names	Fibroblast interferon IFB IFBIFNB IFF IFNB IFNB1 IFNbeta IFN-beta interferon beta interferon, beta 1, fibroblast MGC96956

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