| Protein Name | defensin beta 104B |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 503618 |
| Gene Symbol | DEFB104B |
| UniProt | Q8WTQ1 (D104A_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 16 |
Description |
defensin beta 104B |
| Gene Summary |
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 104, DEFB104A and DEFB104B, in head-to-head orientation. This gene, DEFB104B, represents the more telomeric copy. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2014] |
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