HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: IFNA8
Cytogenetic location: 9p21.3 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38) : 9:21,409,117-21,410,185 (from NCBI)
The IFNA8 gene was positioned in the cluster of interferon genes on 9p22 by deletion mapping (Olopade et al., 1992).
Olopade, O. I., Bohlander, S. K., Pomykala, H., Maltepe, E., Van Melle, E., Le Beau, M. M., Diaz, M. O. Mapping of the shortest region of overlap of deletions of the short arm of chromosome 9 associated with human neoplasia. Genomics 14: 437-443, 1992. [PubMed: 1385305] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0888-7543(05)80238-1]