Entrez gene ID | | 503618 |
Official gene symbol | | DEFB104B |
Full name | | defensin, beta 104B |
Aliases | | ,-, |
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 104, DEFB104A and DEFB104B, in head-to-head orientation. This gene, DEFB104B, represents the more telomeric copy. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 8 Locus: 8p23.1 |
Gene position | | 7332604 - 7327830 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 4775 bp |
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