<p>Single letter amino acid sequence of the predicted peptide encoded by the β-defensin genes in the <i>DefbΔ9</i> deletion. The signal sequence is separated from the mature peptide sequence as determined by ExPASy proteomics tool <a href="http://web.expasy.org/peptide_cutter/" target="_blank">http://web.expasy.org/peptide_cutter/</a>. These are two exon encoded genes, and the first exon encoded amino acids are in bold, second exon encoded amino acids are non-bold. Mature peptide sequences are aligned using the classical 6 cysteine motif (present in all but Defb50) and spaces are introduced (marked by -) to enable this. Cysteines in the mature peptide are emboldened.</p
