| Entrez gene ID | | 503841 |
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| Official gene symbol | | DEFB106B |
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| Full name | | defensin, beta 106B |
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| Aliases | | ,DEFB106A, |
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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 106, DEFB106A and DEFB106B, in head-to-head orientation. This gene, DEFB106B, represents the more telomeric copy. [provided by RefSeq] |
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| Location | | Chromosome: 8 Locus: 8p23.1 |
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| Gene position | | 7343909 - 7340026 Map Viewer |
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| Gene orientation | | minus |
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| Gene size | | 3884 bp |
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