Table 3.
Homologies between the functional epitope (koff epitope) of human IL-4 and the possibly equivalent epitopes of IL-4 from other species
Species | Residue at position
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5 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 88 | 89 | 91 | |
Human | I | E | T | R | R | N | W |
Cow | I | E | T | R | R | N | S |
Pig | I | E | T | R | R | N | S |
Sheep | I | E | T | R | R | N | S |
Mouse | N | E | I | R | R | A | R |
Rat | S | E | T | R | R | G | S |
The amino acid alignments are from ref. 34.