IFNB1

Interferon beta is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNB1 gene.[5] The natural and recombinant protein forms have antiviral, antibacterial, and anticancer properties.

IFNB1
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesIFNB1, IFB, IFF, IFNB, IFN-beta, interferon beta 1
External IDsOMIM: 147640 MGI: 107657 HomoloGene: 1640 GeneCards: IFNB1
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 9 (human)[1]
Band9p21.3Start21,077,104 bp[1]
End21,077,942 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3456

15977

Ensembl

ENSG00000171855

ENSMUSG00000048806

UniProt

P01574

P01575

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002176

NM_010510

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002167

NP_034640

Location (UCSC)Chr 9: 21.08 – 21.08 MbChr 4: 88.52 – 88.52 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Interferon beta 1a (tradenames: Avonex and Rebif) and Interferon beta 1b (tradenames: Betaseron/Betaferon) are used as drugs.

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000171855 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000048806 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: IFNB1 interferon, beta 1, fibroblast".

Further reading

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