| Gene Symbol | DEFB104A |
| Entrez Gene ID | 140596 |
| Full Name | defensin beta 104A |
| Synonyms | BD-4,DEFB-4,DEFB104,DEFB4,hBD-4 |
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| Gene Type | protein-coding |
| Organism | Homo sapiens(human) |
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| 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, DEFB104A, represents the more centromeric copy. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2014]. |








































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