Homothorax

homothorax (hth or htx) is a transcriptional co-factor to Hox genes that is closely connected with extradenticle.[1] It may play a role in the identification of segments during panarthropod development.[2] The gene acts in a similar way across the panarthropod phyla, although its expression pattern is reversed in the millipedes, centipedes and crustaceans.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sdbonline.org/fly/gene/homthrx1.htm. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Moczek, A. P.; Rose, D. J. (2009). "Differential recruitment of limb patterning genes during development and diversification of beetle horns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (22): 8992. doi:10.1073/pnas.0809668106.
  3. ↑ Janssen, R.; Eriksson, B. J.; Budd, G. E.; Akam, M.; Prpic, N. M. (2010). "Gene expression patterns in an onychophoran reveal that regionalization predates limb segmentation in pan-arthropods". Evolution & Development 12 (4): 363. doi:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2010.00423.x.
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