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Approved Symbol Approved Name Previous Symbols Aliases Chromosome Accession Numbers RefSeq IDs
DEFB1 defensin, beta 1   HBD-1, DEFB-1, DEFB101, HBD1 8p23.1 X92744 NM_005218
DEFB4 defensin, beta 4 DEFB102, DEFB2 SAP1, HBD-2, DEFB-2 8p23.1 AJ000152 NM_004942
DEFB4P defensin, beta 4, pseudogene     8p23.1    
DEFB103A defensin, beta 103A DEFB3, DEFB103 HBD-3, HBP-3, HBD3, HBP3, DEFB-3 8p23.1 AF217245 NM_018661
DEFB103B defensin, beta 103B     8p23    
DEFB104A defensin, beta 104A DEFB104 DEFB4, DEFB-4 8p23.1 AJ314835 NM_080389
DEFB104B defensin, beta 104B     8p23.1    
DEFB105A defensin, beta 105A DEFB105 DEFB-5 8p23.1 AB089180 NM_152250
DEFB105B defensin, beta 105B     8p23.1    
DEFB106A defensin, beta 106A DEFB106 DEFB-6 8p23.1 AY122466 NM_152251
DEFB106B defensin, beta 106B     8p23.1    
DEFB107A defensin, beta 107A DEFB107 DEFB-7 8p23.1 AF540979  
DEFB107B defensin, beta 107B   HsT21816 8p23.1    
DEFB108B defensin, beta 108B     11q13.4 AF529416 NM_001002035
DEFB108P1 defensin, beta 108, pseudogene 1 DEFB108 DEFB-8, DEFB108A 8p23.1   NG_005426.3
DEFB108P2 defensin, beta 108, pseudogene 2     8p23.1   NG_007389.1
DEFB108P3 defensin, beta 108, pseudogene 3     8p23.1   NG_007390.1
DEFB108P4 defensin, beta 108, pseudogene 4     8p23.1   NG_007391.1
DEFB109P1 defensin, beta 109, pseudogene 1 DEFB109 DEFB-9, DEFB109A 8p23.1    
DEFB109P2 defensin, beta 109, pseudogene 2     8p23.1    
DEFB109P3 defensin, beta 109, pseudogene 3     8p23.1    
DEFB110 defensin, beta 110   DEFB-10 6p12.3 DQ012014  
DEFB111 defensin, beta 111   DEFB-11 6p12.3 DQ012015 NM_001037497
DEFB112 defensin, beta 112   DEFB-12 6p12.3 DQ012016 NM_001037498
DEFB113 defensin, beta 113   DEFB-13 6p12.3 DQ012017  
DEFB114 defensin, beta 114   DEFB-14 6p12.3 DQ012018 NM_001037499
DEFB115 defensin, beta 115   DEFB-15 20q11.1 DQ012019 NM_001037730
DEFB116 defensin, beta 116   DEFB-16 20q11.21 DQ012020 NM_001037731
DEFB117 defensin, beta 117   DEFB-17 20q11.21 DQ012021  
DEFB118 defensin, beta 118 C20orf63 dJ1018D12.3, DEFB-18, ESC42 20q11.21 AF347073 NM_054112
DEFB119 defensin, beta 119 DEFB120 DEFB-19, DEFB-20 20q11.21 AA939044 NM_153289
DEFB121 defensin, beta 121   DEFB-21 20q11.1 AI476463 NM_001011878
DEFB122 defensin, beta 122 (pseudogene)   DEFB-22, DEFB122P 20q11.21 AI989655 NR_002577
DEFB123 defensin, beta 123   DEFB-23 20q11.1 AA933749 NM_153324
DEFB124 defensin, beta 124   DEFB-24 20q11.1 DQ119827 NM_001037500
DEFB125 defensin, beta 125   DEFB-25 20p13 AA935636 NM_153325
DEFB126 defensin, beta 126 C20orf8 bA530N10.1, DEFB-26 20p13   NM_030931
DEFB127 defensin, beta 127 C20orf73 bA530N10.2, DEF-27 20p13 AY358796 NM_139074
DEFB128 defensin, beta 128   DEFB-28 20p13 AF525930 NM_001037732
DEFB129 defensin, beta 129 C20orf87 bA530N10.3, DEFB-29 20p13 AY358186 NM_080831
DEFB130 defensin, beta 130   DEFB-30 8p23.1 DQ012022 NM_001037804
DEFB131 defensin, beta 131   DEFB-31 4p16.1 AF529414  
DEFB132 defensin, beta 32   RP5-1103G7.6, DEFB32 20p13 AF525932 NM_207469
DEFB133 defensin, beta 133     12p13.31    

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