Species Human Entrez 3456 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000171855 | |
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Aliases IFNB1, IFB, IFF, IFNB, IFN-beta, interferon beta 1 External IDs MGI: 107657 HomoloGene: 1640 GeneCards: IFNB1 | ||
Gene music using protein sequence of ifnb1 interferon beta 1 fibroblast
Interferon beta is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNB1 gene. The natural and recombinant protein forms have antiviral, antibacterial, and anticancer properties.
Interferon beta 1a (tradenames: Avonex and Rebif) and Interferon beta 1b (tradenames: Betaseron/Betaferon) are used as drugs.
References
IFNB1 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA