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Gene information for DEFB105A (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID245908
Official gene symbolDEFB105A
Full namedefensin, beta 105A
Aliases,BD-5,DEFB-5,DEFB105,DEFB105B,
Gene summaryDefensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils. Defensins are short, processed peptide molecules that are classified by structure into three groups: alpha-defensins, beta-defensins and theta-defensins. All beta-defensin genes are densely clustered in four to five syntenic chromosomal regions. Chromosome 8p23 contains at least two copies of the duplicated beta-defensin cluster. This duplication results in two identical copies of defensin, beta 105, DEFB105A and DEFB105B, in tail-to-tail orientation. This gene, DEFB105A, represents the more centromeric copy. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 8   Locus: 8p23.1
Gene position7681360 - 7679530  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size1831 bp
Gene sequence