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Table 1 Identification of chicken β-defensins

From: A genome-wide screen identifies a single β-defensin gene cluster in the chicken: implications for the origin and evolution of mammalian defensins

Gene

EST1,2

HTGS

WGS

Gene Size (bp)3

    

E 1

I 1

E 2

I 2

E 3

I 3

E 4

Gal1

BX260462

AC110874

AADN01058097

70

972

88

482

127

496

217

Gal2

BX540940

AC110874

AADN01058097

66

1113

143

183

121

674

204

Gal3

 

AC110874

AADN01058097

AADN01058096

  

53

980

109

1180

215

Gal4

BU451960

 

AADN01058096

  

136

461

127

117

141

Gal5

BU389548

 

AADN01058096

  

290

445

127

355

187

Gal6

CF251501

AC110874

AADN01058097

AADN01058098

52

704

86

705

130

249

234

Gal7

CF251115

AC110874

AADN01058098

50

656

86

201

130

234

248

Gal8

BU242665

AC110874

AADN01058098

71

915

91

259

134

706

494

Gal9

BX270804

AC110874

AADN01058098

  

220

1592

130

781

343

Gal10

AW198592

AC110874

AADN01058099

  

118

268

133

1719

381

Gal11

BM440069

AC110874

AADN01058101

  

63

966

129

1001

460

Gal12

BX257296

AC110874

AADN01058102

  

84

396

420

  

Gal13

 

AC110874

AADN01058102

  

61

1016

118

3322

91

  1. 1 Abbreviations: EST, expressed sequence tag; HTGS, high throughput genomic sequence; WGS, whole-genome shortgun sequence; E, exon;I, intron. 2 One EST sequence entry is given only for the exemplary purpose. In each case, more than two independent EST sequences have been found, except for Gal3 and Gal13, both of which have no EST sequences. Gal3 was found through homology cloning [23], and Gal13 was predicted by us from the genomic sequence. 3 All Gal genes are predicted to consist of four exons separated by three introns, except for Gal12, whose last two exons are fused together. The absence of additional sequence information at the 5'-untranslated regions of the cDNA sequences prevented prediction of the sizes of first exon and intron for Gal 3–5 and Gal 9–13 genes.