Defensin alpha family

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Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Aliases	Chromosome	Accession Numbers	RefSeq IDs
DEFA1	defensin, alpha 1	DEF1, MRS, DEFA2	HNP-1	8p23.1	M26602	NM_004084
DEFA1A3	defensin, alpha 1 and alpha 3, variable copy number locus		DEFA1, DEFA3, DEFT1P	8p23.1
DEFA3	defensin, alpha 3, neutrophil-specific	DEF3	HNP-3	8p23.1	M23281	NM_005217
DEFA4	defensin, alpha 4, corticostatin	DEF4	HP-4	8p23.1	X65977	NM_001925
DEFA5	defensin, alpha 5, Paneth cell-specific	DEF5	HD-5	8p23.1	BC069690	NM_021010
DEFA6	defensin, alpha 6, Paneth cell-specific		HD-6, DEF6	8p23.1	M98331	NM_001926
DEFA7P	defensin, alpha 7 pseudogene	DEFA7		8p23.1	AY746432
DEFA8P	defensin, alpha 8 pseudogene		DEFAP1	8p23.1	AY746433
DEFA9P	defensin, alpha 9 pseudogene		DEFAP2	8p23.1	AY746434
DEFA10P	defensin, alpha 10 pseudogene			8p23.1	AY746435
DEFA11P	defensin, alpha 11 pseudogene		DEFAP3	8p23.1	AY746436

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	The work of the HGNC is supported by NHGRI grant P41 HG003345, the UK Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust.