Entrez gene ID | | 245909 |
Official gene symbol | | DEFB106A |
Full name | | defensin, beta 106A |
Aliases | | ,BD-6,DEFB-6,DEFB106,DEFB106B,MGC118938,MGC118939,MGC118940,MGC118941,MGC133011,MGC133012, |
Gene summary | | Defensins 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 106, DEFB106A and DEFB106B, in head-to-head orientation. This gene, DEFB106A, represents the more centromeric copy. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 8 Locus: 8p23.1 |
Gene position | | 7682694 - 7686575 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 3882 bp |
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