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Defb50 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Defb50
  • Name
    defensin beta 50
  • Synonyms
    Defb37, Pbd1
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:3055870
    NCBI Gene: 387334
  • Alliance
    genome feature page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    1 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr8:22313557-22321312 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 8, 10.41 cM
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    280 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    14
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_3055870
 protein coding gene Chr8:22313555-22321312 (+)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200029744
 protein coding gene Chr8:17358790-17365284 (+)
A/J ENSMUSG00195041174
 protein coding gene Chr8:17910205-17916697 (+)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220032195
 protein coding gene Chr8:17529766-17537534 (+)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180023687
 protein coding gene Chr8:17434867-17441363 (+)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175037748
 protein coding gene Chr8:17501244-17507736 (+)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215014499
 protein coding gene Chr8:17369648-17377404 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0030886
 protein coding gene Chr8:16350588-16358319 (+)
CAST/EiJ no annotation
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210036892
 protein coding gene Chr8:17434531-17441023 (+)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185037825
 protein coding gene Chr8:23237476-23243968 (+)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205030458
 protein coding gene Chr8:16927374-16933866 (+)
JF1/MsJ no annotation
LP/J ENSMUSG00230009079
 protein coding gene Chr8:26998447-27006243 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190032673
 protein coding gene Chr8:17468034-17474526 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225019680
 protein coding gene Chr8:30609829-30617585 (+)
PWK/PhJ no annotation
SPRET/EiJ no annotation
WSB/EiJ no annotation



Homology
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    5 phenotype references
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    1
  • GO References
    1
Molecular Function

No experimental evidence to support Molecular Function annotation, following literature review. See J:73796.
Biological Process

No experimental evidence to support Biological Process annotation, following literature review. See J:73796.
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
    629
  • Tissues
    17
  • cDNA Data
    3
  • Literature Summary
    2
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 387334 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 7756 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript NM_199067 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 371 C57BL/6  
polypeptide Q6TU36 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 73 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 4
    cDNA 3
    Primer pair 1

    Microarray probesets 1
References
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  • Summaries
    All 20
    Developmental Gene Expression 2
    Gene Ontology 1
    Phenotypes 5
  • Earliest
    J:87858 Abbott DE, et al., Expressed sequence tag profiling identifies developmental and anatomic partitioning of gene expression in the mouse prostate. Genome Biol. 2003;4(12):R79
  • Latest
    J:332494 Dong X, et al., Keratinocyte-derived defensins activate neutrophil-specific receptors Mrgpra2a/b to prevent skin dysbiosis and bacterial infection. Immunity. 2022 Jul 15;55(9):1645-1662
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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