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Gene information for DEFB106A (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID245909
Official gene symbolDEFB106A
Full namedefensin, beta 106A
Aliases,BD-6,DEFB-6,DEFB106,DEFB106B,MGC118938,MGC118939,MGC118940,MGC118941,MGC133011,MGC133012,
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 106, DEFB106A and DEFB106B, in head-to-head orientation. This gene, DEFB106A, represents the more centromeric copy. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 8   Locus: 8p23.1
Gene position7682694 - 7686575  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size3882 bp
Gene sequence