IFNA6

IFNA6
Identifiers
Aliases	IFNA6, IFN-alphaK, interferon alpha 6
External IDs	OMIM: 147566; MGI: 2667155; HomoloGene: 105727; GeneCards: IFNA6; OMA:IFNA6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 9 (human)
End	21,351,378 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)
End	88,562,696 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	putamen; ; caudate nucleus; ; Brodmann area 9; ; Amygdala; ; substantia nigra; ; hippocampus proper; ; occipital lobe; ; primary visual cortex; ; nucleus accumbens; ; Hypothalamus;
	Top expressed in
	embryo; ; embryo;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	cytokine activity; type I interferon receptor binding; cytokine receptor binding;
Cellular component	extracellular region; extracellular space; cellular component;
Biological process	natural killer cell activation involved in immune response; B cell differentiation; defense response; B cell proliferation; blood coagulation; positive regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation of STAT protein; humoral immune response; adaptive immune response; defense response to virus; type I interferon signaling pathway; response to exogenous dsRNA; T cell activation involved in immune response; cytokine-mediated signaling pathway; innate immune response; regulation of signaling receptor activity;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	3443
	230396
	ENSG00000120235
	ENSMUSG00000063376
	P05013
	Q80SU4
	NM_021002
	NM_177347
	NP_066282
	NP_796321
	Wikidata
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Interferon alpha-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNA6 gene.