Hox genes, a subset of homeobox genes, are a group of related genes that specify regions of the body plan of an embryo along the head-tail axis of animals...

Hox genes after the down-regulation of the pair-rule and gap genes that occurs during larval development. Polycomb-group proteins can silence the Hox...

Hox genes play a massive role in some amphibians and reptiles in their ability to regenerate lost limbs, especially HoxA and HoxD genes. If the processes...

Hox or HOX may refer to: Hox gene Hoxton railway station, in London Joop Hox (born 1949), Dutch psychologist House of X and Powers of X This disambiguation...

chromosomes. An example of a gene cluster is the Hox gene, which is made up of eight genes and is part of the Homeobox gene family. Historically, four models...

The ParaHox gene cluster is an array of homeobox genes (involved in morphogenesis, the regulation of patterns of anatomical development) from the Gsx,...

organism. Among the most important of the toolkit genes are those of the Hox gene cluster, or complex. Hox genes, transcription factors containing the more broadly...

Additional evidence for the role that Hox genes play in limb development was found when researchers effected Hox gene expressions in zebrafish by adding...

Antennapedia (abbreviated Antp) is a Hox gene first discovered in Drosophila which controls the formation of legs during development. Loss-of-function...

the development of chlorophyll. Homeosis may be caused by mutations in Hox genes, found in animals, or others such as the MADS-box family in plants. Homeosis...

guides development of the posterior portion of the embryo. It acts through Hox genes, which ultimately control anterior/posterior patterning in early developmental...

discovered) and humans. Hox genes are a subset of the homeobox genes. The Hox genes are often conserved across species, so some of the Hox genes of Drosophila are...

Homeobox protein Hox-C6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOXC6 gene. Hox-C6 expression is highest in the fallopian tube and ovary. HoxC6 has been...

domains DLX gene family Hox gene family POU family Krüppel-type zinc finger (ZNF) MADS-box gene family NOTCH2NL P300-CBP coactivator family SOX gene family...

(Hox) genes in animals. These genes not only underwent gene duplications within chromosomes but also whole genome duplications. As a result, Hox genes...

factors by looking at the Hox genes. His main research has been in Drosophila, comparing Hox genes within that species with Hox genes in other species, to...

role in arthropod embryological development, working in consort with the Hox genes, engrailed has been found to be important in other areas of development...

professor at the Collège de France. He has notably worked on Hox genes, a group of genes involved in the formation of the body plan and of the limbs....

bud, and hence the AER, is specified by the expression boundaries of Hox genes in the embryonic trunk. At these positions, the induction of cell outgrowth...

reflect important functional relationships between genes. For example, the order of genes in the "Hox cluster", which are key determinants of the animal...

Capecchi has also pursued a systematic analysis of the mouse Hox gene family. This gene family plays a key role in the control of embryonic development...

Homeobox protein Hox-B7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOXB7 gene. This gene is a member of the Antp homeobox family and encodes a protein...

have a total of 39 Hox genes organized into four different clusters. The property of Hox genes called colinearity, whereby the gene arrangement, timing...

Homeobox protein Hox-A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOXA1 gene. Two transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been found...

Homeotic selector genes confer segment identity in Drosophila. They encode homeodomain proteins which interact with Hox and other homeotic genes to initiate...

protein Hox-D13 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOXD13 gene. This gene belongs to the homeobox family of genes. The homeobox genes encode...

phylogenomic studies, conveys this uncertainty with a polytomy. Though "ParaHox" genes are usually referred to in CamelCase and the original paper that named...

genes affect the body plan and the number, identity, and pattern of body parts. Among the most important toolkit genes are the Hox genes. Hox genes determine...

known as insulin promoter factor 1, is a transcription factor in the ParaHox gene cluster. In vertebrates, Pdx1 is necessary for pancreatic development,...

Homeobox protein Hox-A11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOXA11 gene. In vertebrates, the genes encoding the class of transcription factors...