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- * Interleukin-7 signature *
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- Interleukin-7 (IL-7) [1] is a cytokine that serves as a growth factor for
- early lymphoid cells of both B- and T-cell lineages. As a signature pattern
- for IL-7, we selected a conserved heptapeptide, located in the C-terminal
- section of the protein. This pattern includes one of the six conserved
- cysteines that are probably involved in disulfide bonds.
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- -Consensus pattern: C-F-L-K-R-L-L
- [C may be involved in a disulfide bond]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: April 1990 / First entry.
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- [ 1] Henney C.S.
- Immunol. Today 10:170-173(1989).
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