[Term]
id: PR:000025848
name: type I interferon
def: "A protein that consists solely of an Interferon alpha/beta domain (Pfam:PF00143) and which binds to a specific cell surface receptor complex known as the IFN-alpha receptor (IFNAR), a heterodimer of IFNAR1 and IFNAR2 chains." [PMID:15233997, PMID:9607096, PRO:DAN, PRO:MSY]
comment: Category=family.
synonym: "IFN type I" EXACT []
synonym: "interferon type I" EXACT []
is_a: PR:000000001 ! protein