[Cloning and the determination of the nucleotide sequences in 2 genes of human leukocyte interferons].

Four different recombinant phages carrying interferon sequences were identified in the human gene bank on vector Charon 4A. A fragment of interferon A gene cloned previously through cDNA was used as a hybridization probe for analysis of the bank. The nucleotide sequence of DNA encoding the interferon genes was determined for 2 recombinant phages. One of these genes corresponded to the interferon A gene but one amino acid substitution (His 34-Arg). The second gene (I1) belonged to the family of the interferon C genes and differed from all the genes described earlier.