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Defb42 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Defb42
  • Name
    defensin beta 42
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:3033850
    NCBI Gene: 619548
  • Alliance
    gene page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    4 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr14:63284445-63286052 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 14, 33.24 cM, cytoband C3
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    138 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_3033850
 protein coding gene Chr14:63284440-63295598 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0021455
 protein coding gene Chr14:57528872-57541066 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0021414
 protein coding gene Chr14:56237591-56249958 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0021390
 protein coding gene Chr14:58247342-58260638 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0021420
 protein coding gene Chr14:56193418-56205125 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0021197
 protein coding gene Chr14:57863019-57876801 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0021859
 protein coding gene Chr14:60276808-60291388 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0019399
 protein coding gene Chr14:54202550-54214395 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0020714
 protein coding gene Chr14:54314026-54326064 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0021164
 protein coding gene Chr14:62060580-62074584 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0021287
 protein coding gene Chr14:55893052-55904712 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0021266
 protein coding gene Chr14:55313523-55324679 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0021362
 protein coding gene Chr14:58557898-58571560 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0021295
 protein coding gene Chr14:61338192-61352270 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0021882
 protein coding gene Chr14:57388333-57400190 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0020458
 protein coding gene Chr14:52581747-52593395 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0020291
 protein coding gene Chr14:53368792-53380933 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0020767
 protein coding gene Chr14:57707778-57719862 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    DEFB136, defensin beta 136
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    2
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    DEFB136, defensin beta 136
  • Synonyms
    DEFB137
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 613210
    neXtProt AC: NX_Q30KP8
    UniProt: Q30KP8

  • Chr Location
    8p23.1; chr8:11973937-11974599 (-)  GRCh38
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    3 phenotype references
  • All Mutations and Alleles
    2
  • Chemically induced (other)
    1
  • Endonuclease-mediated
    1
  • Genomic Mutations
    1 involving Defb42
  • Incidental Mutations
    CvDC
  • Find Mice (IMSR)
    4 strains or lines available
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    14
  • GO References
    4
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
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
    706
  • cDNA Data
    6
  • Literature Summary
    1
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 619548 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 1608 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript NM_001412580 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 710 C57BL/6  
polypeptide Q8BVB5 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 75 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 6
    cDNA 6

    Microarray probesets 2
References
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  • Summaries
    All 24
    Developmental Gene Expression 1
    Gene Ontology 4
    Phenotypes 3
  • Earliest
    J:100553 Jalkanen J, et al., Discovery and characterization of new epididymis-specific beta-defensins in mice. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2005 Jul 25;1730(1):22-30
  • Latest
    J:156769 Amid C, et al., Manual annotation and analysis of the defensin gene cluster in the C57BL/6J mouse reference genome. BMC Genomics. 2009;10:606
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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