Table 1 Design of IVT Interferon alpha mRNA variants (IFN-α var1 – IFN-α var5).

From: Evaluation of modified Interferon alpha mRNA constructs for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer

IVT mRNA

5′ and 3′ UTR

Sequence variation (%)

GC content (CDS)

Codon optimization

IFN α

human IFN α

48.7

IFN α var1

modified

48.7

IFN α var2

modified

21.5

49.9

+

IFN α var3

modified

21

56.8

+

IFN α var4

modified

23

40.4

+

IFN α var 5

modified

21

60

+

  1. IFN-α resembels the native human IFN-α. All other variants were modified versions of IFN-α as indicated. Abbreviations: CDS, coding sequence; UTR, untranslated region. I.