Human Hox-4.2とDrosophila deformedは,Drosophilaの胚と幼虫に似た規制特性をコードしている

N McGinnis1, M A Kuziora, W McGinnis

  • 1Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511.

Cell
|November 30, 1990
PubMed
まとめ

人間のHox-4.2遺伝子は,胚の発達において,ドロソフィラ変形 (Dfd) 遺伝子を機能的に置き換えることができる. この研究では,異種間の遺伝子機能が実証され,ホメオボックス遺伝子の保存された規制的役割が強調されています.

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