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Gene information for DEFB107B (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID503614
Official gene symbolDEFB107B
Full namedefensin, beta 107B
Aliases,DEFB107A,HsT21816,
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 107, DEFB107A and DEFB107B, in tail-to-tail orientation. This gene, DEFB107B, represents the more telomeric copy. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 8   Locus: 8p23.1
Gene position7353368 - 7366833  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size13466 bp
Gene sequence