{"symbol":"IRF2","synonyms":["IRF-2"],"name":"interferon regulatory factor 2","description":"IRF2 encodes interferon regulatory factor 2, a member of the interferon regulatory transcription factor (IRF) family. IRF2 competitively inhibits the IRF1-mediated transcriptional activation of interferons alpha and beta, and presumably other genes that employ IRF1 for transcription activation. However, IRF2 also functions as a transcriptional activator of histone H4. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":3660,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/3660","proteins":[{"symbol":"IRF2_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/IRF2_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[]}