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Protein-coding gene in humans
DEFB118
Identifiers
AliasesDEFB118, C20orf63, DEFB-18, ESC42, ESP13.6, defensin beta 118
External IDsOMIM: 607650; HomoloGene: 89041; GeneCards: DEFB118; OMA:DEFB118 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chromosome 20 (human)
Chr.Chromosome 20 (human)
Chromosome 20 (human)Genomic location for DEFB118Genomic location for DEFB118
Band20q11.21Start31,368,601 bp
End31,373,923 bp
RNA expression pattern
Bgee
HumanMouse (ortholog)
Top expressed in
  • corpus epididymis

  • caput epididymis

  • tail of epididymis

  • uterine tube

  • gonad

  • testicle
    n/a
More reference expression data
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

117285

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Ensembl

ENSG00000131068

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UniProt

Q96PH6

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_054112

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_473453

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Location (UCSC)Chr 20: 31.37 – 31.37 Mbn/a
PubMed searchn/a
Wikidata
View/Edit Human

Beta-defensin 118 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB118 gene.

References

  1. ^ GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000131068Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Liu Q, Hamil KG, Sivashanmugam P, Grossman G, Soundararajan R, Rao AJ, Richardson RT, Zhang YL, O'Rand MG, Petrusz P, French FS, Hall SH (Oct 2001). "Primate epididymis-specific proteins: characterization of ESC42, a novel protein containing a trefoil-like motif in monkey and human". Endocrinology. 142 (10): 4529–39. doi:10.1210/endo.142.10.8422. PMID 11564719. S2CID 10283278.
  4. Yenugu S, Hamil KG, Radhakrishnan Y, French FS, Hall SH (Jul 2004). "The androgen-regulated epididymal sperm-binding protein, human beta-defensin 118 (DEFB118) (formerly ESC42), is an antimicrobial beta-defensin". Endocrinology. 145 (7): 3165–73. doi:10.1210/en.2003-1698. PMID 15033915.
  5. "Entrez Gene: DEFB118 defensin, beta 118".

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