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Gene information for DEFB104B (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID503618
Official gene symbolDEFB104B
Full namedefensin, beta 104B
Aliases,-,
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 104, DEFB104A and DEFB104B, in head-to-head orientation. This gene, DEFB104B, represents the more telomeric copy. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 8   Locus: 8p23.1
Gene position7332604 - 7327830  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size4775 bp
Gene sequence