| Entrez gene ID | | 245910 |
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| Official gene symbol | | DEFB107A |
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| Full name | | defensin, beta 107A |
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| Aliases | | ,BD-7,DEFB-7,DEFB107,DEFB107B, |
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| 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, DEFB107A, represents the more centromeric copy. [provided by RefSeq] |
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| Location | | Chromosome: 8 Locus: 8p23.1 |
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| Gene position | | 7673238 - 7669242 Map Viewer |
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| Gene orientation | | minus |
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| Gene size | | 3997 bp |
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