H. Shirono et al., IDENTIFICATION OF GLYCOSYLATED SUBTYPES OF INTERFERON-ALPHA PRODUCED BY HUMAN-LEUKOCYTES, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 58(9), 1994, pp. 1714-1715
We found that interferon-alpha produced by human leukocytes contained
four subtypes that were glycosylated by N-linkages according to the re
sults of lectin blot analysis. These glycosylated subtypes were type H
or type omega and thei sugar moieties had no relation to their biolog
ical activities.