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IL-4

An article from "The Molecules of HIV" (c) Dan Stowell
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A cytokine involved in the activation of B cells. The following image (from the "Cytokines Web") shows the structure of IL-4 to be primarily a bundle of four alpha-helices:

3D structure of IL-4

Written by
Dan Stowell
(©2002-2006)