defensin beta 106A

DEFB106

DEFB-6

defensin, beta 106

defensin, beta 106A

Beta-defensin 106

Beta-defensin 6

Defensin, beta 106

BD-6

Defensins form a family of antimicrobial 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, DEFB106A, represents the more centromeric copy. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2014].

Varaico: Literature-Extracted Genetic Variants

DEFB106A

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