Entrez gene ID | | 503614 |
Official gene symbol | | DEFB107B |
Full name | | defensin, beta 107B |
Aliases | | ,DEFB107A,HsT21816, |
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 107, DEFB107A and DEFB107B, in tail-to-tail orientation. This gene, DEFB107B, represents the more telomeric copy. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 8 Locus: 8p23.1 |
Gene position | | 7353368 - 7366833 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 13466 bp |
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