Homeobox

A homeobox is about 180 base pairs long; it encodes a protein domain (the homeodomain) which can bind DNA. Homeobox genes encode transcription factors which typically switch on cascades of other genes, for instance all the ones needed to make a leg.
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Homeobox
A short stretch of nucleotides whose base sequence is virtually identical in all the base sequences that contain it. It has been found in many organisms from fruit flies to human beings.
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Homeobox A short stretch of nucleotides whose base sequence is virtually identical in all the genes that contain it. Homeoboxes have been found in many organisms from fruit flies to human beings.
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Homeobox (Hox gene family)
Achaete-scute complex (Neuroblast formation)
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Genes-encoding immune system proteins ...
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homeobox genes Pattern genes that establish the body plan and position of organs in response to gradients of regulatory molecules.
homeostasis The ability to maintain a relatively constant internal environment.
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Homeobox
The color-shaded regions represent homeotic genes called Hox genes. The dark band within each gene represents a 180-base-pair region called the homeodomain.
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homeobox gene (similar to bicoid in Drosophila)
with orthologs found in all vertebrates.
It contains 3 exons that
encode a protein of some 283 amino acids (varying slightly in different species) which is ...
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homeobox
A 180-nucleotide sequence within a homeotic gene encoding the part of the protein that binds to the DNA of the genes regulated by the protein.
homeosis ...
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homeobox A highly conserved 180-base pair sequence found in regulatory sequences of protein-coding genes that regulate development.
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Homeobox: A short stretch of nucleotides whose base sequence is virtually identical in all the genes that contain it. It has been found in many organisms from fruit flies to human beings.
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A family of quite similar l80base-pair DNA sequences that encode a polypeptide sequence called a homeo-domain, a sequence-specific DNA binding sequence. While the homeobox was first discovered in all homeotic genes, ...
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homeobox A 180 base pair, highly conserved DNA sequence encoding a protein domain (the homeodomain) found in many proteins that play a regulatory role in transcription. Particularly important in development.
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