IRF2, Official Symbol IRF2provided by HGNC Official Full Name interferon regulatory factor 2provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:6117 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000168310 MIM:147576; AllianceGenome:HGNC:6117 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as IRF-2 Summary 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] Expression Ubiquitous expression in spleen (RPKM 28.3), lymph node (RPKM 28.2) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all