Human defensin gene copy number polymorphisms: Comprehensive analysis of independent variation in α- and β-defensin regions at 8p22–p23
Human defensin gene copy number polymorphisms: Comprehensive analysis of independent variation in α- and β-defensin regions at 8p22–p23
R. Linzmeier,T. Ganz
2005 · DOI: 10.1016/J.YGENO.2005.06.003
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TLDR
The highly copy-number-variable DEFA1 and DEFA3 genes are flanked by other defensin genes present uniformly at 2 copies PDG, which could contribute to differences in individual resistance to infections.