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Defa38 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Defa38
  • Name
    defensin, alpha, 38
  • Synonyms
    Gm14851
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr8:21585090-21586066 bp, - strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 8, 10.35 cM
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    121 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    12
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_3709605
 protein coding gene Chr8:21584987-21586111 (-)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0033430
 protein coding gene Chr8:19480907-19481882 (-)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0033410
 protein coding gene Chr8:18884714-18887213 (-)
AKR/J no annotation
BALB/cJ no annotation
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0033120
 protein coding gene Chr8:19657415-19658978 (-)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0033923
 protein coding gene Chr8:19547635-20006567 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ no annotation
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0032443
 protein coding gene Chr8:19119729-19120859 (-)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0033093
 protein coding gene Chr8:21013893-21016425 (-)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0033250
 protein coding gene Chr8:18861191-18862464 (-)
FVB/NJ no annotation
LP/J no annotation
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0033233
 protein coding gene Chr8:20782207-20783337 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0033940
 protein coding gene Chr8:18776397-18786266 (-)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0032154
 protein coding gene Chr8:17946375-17947451 (-)
SPRET/EiJ no annotation
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0032562
 protein coding gene Chr8:19413184-19414158 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    DEFA1, defensin alpha 1
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    9
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    DEFA1, defensin alpha 1
  • Synonyms
    DEF1, DEFA2, HNP-1, HP-1, HP1, MRS
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 1667
    UniProt: P59665

  • Chr Location
    8p23.1
  • Human Ortholog
    DEFA1B, defensin alpha 1B
  • Synonyms
    HNP-1, HP-1, HP1
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 728358
    UniProt: P59665

  • Chr Location
    8p23.1; chr8:6996766-6999202 (-)  GRCh38
  • Human Ortholog
    DEFA3, defensin alpha 3
  • Synonyms
    DEF3, HNP-3, HNP3, HP-3, HP3
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 1668
    UniProt: P59666

  • Chr Location
    8p23.1; chr8:7015869-7018359 (-)  GRCh38
  • Human Ortholog
    DEFA4, defensin alpha 4
  • Synonyms
    DEF4, HNP-4, HP-4, HP4
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 1669
    UniProt: P12838

  • Chr Location
    8p23.1; chr8:6935820-6938306 (-)  GRCh38
  • Human Ortholog
    DEFA6, defensin alpha 6
  • Synonyms
    DEF6, HD-6
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 1671
    UniProt: Q01524

  • Chr Location
    8p23.1; chr8:6924697-6926076 (-)  GRCh38
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    4 phenotype references
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
    706
  • cDNA Data
    1
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic ENSMUSG00000061958 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 977 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript ENSMUST00000077452 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 351 Not Applicable  
polypeptide ENSMUSP00000076665 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 116 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 1
    cDNA 1
Other
Accession IDs
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MGI:6336188
References
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  • Summaries
    All 14
    Phenotypes 4
  • Earliest
    J:95505 Patil A, et al., Rapid evolution and diversification of mammalian alpha-defensins as revealed by comparative analysis of rodent and primate genes. Physiol Genomics. 2004 Dec 15;20(1):1-11
  • 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
Contributing Projects:
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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