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homeobox
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homeobox  (hm--bks)
Any of various DNA sequences containing about 180 nucleotides that encode for corresponding sequences of usually 60 amino acids, called homeodomains, found in proteins that bind DNA and regulate gene transcription. Genes containing homeoboxes are found in all eukaryotic genomes and are associated with cell differentiation and bodily segmentation during embryologic development.
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Noun1.homeobox - one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
homeobox gene
homeotic gene - one the genes that are involved in embryologic development
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Describing their work in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, lead researchers Robb Krumlauf and Leanne Wiedemann have revealed that they wanted to understand the "instruction manual" for a Hox gene, which tells the early brain which genes to turn on, and in what order, to specify critical regions of the adult brain.
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