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    Beta defensins are a family of vertebrate defensins. The beta defensins are antimicrobial peptides implicated in the resistance of epithelial surfaces...
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    antimicrobial activity. Theta defensins form a single beta-hairpin structure and represent a distinct group. Only alpha and beta-defensins are expressed in humans...
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    Beta-defensin 2 (BD-2) also known as skin-antimicrobial peptide 1 (SAP1) is a peptide that in humans is encoded by the DEFB4 (defensin, beta 4) gene. Human...
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    Beta-defensin 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB1 gene. Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils...
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  • Beta-defensin 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB3 gene. HBD-3 was first isolated from human lesional psoriatic scales. RT-PCR showed...
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    Plant defensins (formerly gamma-thionins) are a family of primitive, highly stable, cysteine-rich defensins found in plants that function to defend them...
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    Beta-defensin 126 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB126 gene. Defensins are cysteine-rich cationic polypeptides that are important in...
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    Arthropod defensins are a family defensin proteins found in mollusks, insects, and arachnids. These cysteine-rich antibacterial peptides are primarily...
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    pattern of disulfide bonding, mammalian defensins are classified into alpha, beta and theta categories. Alpha-defensins, which have been identified in humans...
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    bacteria: Lysozyme Salivary lactoperoxidase Lactoferrin Immunoglobulin A Beta defensin Proline-rich proteins (function in enamel formation, Ca2+-binding, microbe...
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    It was discovered that a gene mutation responsible for the protein beta-defensin 3, known as the K locus, is responsible for the black coat colour in...
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    it was discovered that a gene mutation responsible for the protein beta-defensin 3 is responsible for the black coat color in dogs. The same mutation...
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    DEFB106A (category Defensins)
    Beta-defensin 106 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB106A gene. Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils...
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    DEFB104A (category Defensins)
    Beta-defensin 104 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB104A gene. Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils...
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    -1 beta (IL-1β). SeV is a very effective stimulant of expression of human beta-defensin-1 (hBD-1). This protein is a member of the beta-defensin family...
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    Beta-defensin 129 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB129 gene. Defensins are cysteine-rich cationic polypeptides that are important in...
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    aurein, and others) birds (e.g. avian defensins) and mammals (e.g. cathelicidins, alpha- and beta-defensins, regIII peptides) Research has increased...
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    DEFB105A (category Defensins)
    Beta-defensin 105 is a protein that is encoded by the DEFB105A gene in humans. Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils...
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  • θ-defensins are extremely divergent members of the defensin protein superfamily which includes alpha-, beta- and big-defensins. The θ-defensins appear...
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    DEFB127 (category Defensins)
    Beta-defensin 127 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB127 gene. Defensins are cysteine-rich cationic polypeptides that are important in...
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  • The project took samples from 38 different breeds to find the gene (a beta defensin gene) responsible for dog coat color. One version produces yellow dogs...
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    DEFB118 (category Defensins)
    Beta-defensin 118 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB118 gene. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000131068 – Ensembl, May 2017 "Human PubMed...
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  • PAR-2 receptors, of intestinal epithelial cells HT-29, and promotes beta-defensin-2 expression. Immunology letters, 123(1), 52-59. Agarwal PK (2005)....
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    DEFB119 (category Defensins)
    Beta-defensin 119 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB119 gene. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000180483 – Ensembl, May 2017 GRCm38:...
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    Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is a multifunctional cytokine belonging to the transforming growth factor superfamily that includes three different...
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    DEFB103A (category Defensins)
    Beta-defensin 103 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB103A gene. Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils...
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    The project took samples from 38 different breeds to find the gene (a beta defensin gene) responsible for dog coat color. One version produces yellow dogs...
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  • Lingual antimicrobial peptide (LAP) is a beta-defensin found in bovine internal epithelial tissue, in particular, that of the digestive tract. It has...
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    Moens U, McCray PB, Stenfors LE, Seljfelid R (September 1999). "Human beta-defensin-1 mRNA is transcribed in tympanic membrane and adjacent auditory canal...
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  • 130-6. Nix, M.A., et al., Molecular and functional analysis of human beta-defensin 3 action at melanocortin receptors. Chem Biol, 2013. 20(6): p. 784-95...
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