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. 1982 Apr 1;155(4):1019–1024. doi: 10.1084/jem.155.4.1019

Chromosomal location of a human alpha interferon gene family

PMCID: PMC2186663  PMID: 6174667

Abstract

To determine the chromosomal location of the human alpha interferon genes, we scored a series of human/rodent somatic cell hybrids for the presence of DNA sequences hybridizing to an alpha 1 interferon DNA probe. The presence of human chromosome 9 in a hybrid correlated with the presence of a family of alpha interferon genes.

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