The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Defensin, alpha 1 across different species:

defensin, alpha 1 (DEFA1), defensin, alpha 1 (Defa1), defensin, alpha 5, Paneth cell-specific (DEFA5), defensin, alpha 1B (DEFA1B)

Other aliases include:

MRS, DEF1, HP-1, DEFA2, HNP-1, MGC138393, Defcr, Defcr1, cryptdin-1, DEFA5, DEFA1

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Defensin, alpha 1:

defensin, alpha 1 – defensin, alpha 2 – OTTHUMP00000196017 – myeloid-related sequence – defensin, alpha 1, myeloid-related sequence – alpha-defensin 1 – defensin related cryptdin peptide 1 – alpha-defensin 5, Paneth cell-specific – defensin alpha 1 – defensin alpha 2 – Paneth cell-specific alpha-defensin 2

Defensin, alpha 1 fulfills a number of functions:

chemotaxis – defense response to bacterium – defense response to fungus – immune response – killing of cells of another organism – response to virus – defense response

Defensin, alpha 1 is relevant to the following processes:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology