Entrez gene ID | | 55894 |
Official gene symbol | | DEFB103B |
Full name | | defensin, beta 103A |
Aliases | | ,BD-3,DEFB103,DEFB3,HBD3,HBP3, |
Gene summary | | Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils. Members of the defensin family are highly similar in protein sequence. This gene encodes defensin, beta 103B, which has broad spectrum antimicrobial activity and may play an important role in innate epithelial defense. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 8 Locus: 8p23 |
Gene position | | 7287682 - 7286410 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 1273 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 606611 |
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