Primary Identifier | MGI:2675345 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 8 | NCBI Gene Number | 244332 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables chemoattractant activity. Acts upstream of or within cell chemotaxis and defense response to bacterium. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Is expressed in skin. Orthologous to human DEFB103A (defensin beta 103A) and DEFB103B (defensin beta 103B). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a targeted allele exhibit normal UV radiation-induced suppression of contact hypersensitivity. [provided by MGI curators] |