DEFA1B explained

Defensin, alpha 1B a human protein that is encoded by the DEFA1B gene.^[1]

See also

• defensin

Further reading

• Kocsis AK, Ocsovszky I, Tiszlavicz L . Helicobacter pylori induces the release of alpha-defensin by human granulocytes. . Inflamm. Res. . 58 . 5 . 241–7 . 2009 . 19169650 . 10.1007/s00011-008-8100-z . 29257427 . etal.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2002 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241. 2002PNAS...9916899M . etal. free .
• Aldred PM, Hollox EJ, Armour JA . Copy number polymorphism and expression level variation of the human alpha-defensin genes DEFA1 and DEFA3. . Hum. Mol. Genet. . 14 . 14 . 2045–52 . 2005 . 15944200 . 10.1093/hmg/ddi209 . free .

External links

• PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Neutrophil defensin 1 (DEFA1B)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: defensin.