HOMEOBOX GENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homeobox gene mean? 

• HOMEOBOX GENE (noun)
  The noun HOMEOBOX GENE has 1 sense:

1. one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development

  Familiarity information: HOMEOBOX GENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMEOBOX GENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

homeobox; homeobox gene

Hypernyms ("homeobox gene" is a kind of...):

homeotic gene (one the genes that are involved in embryologic development)

 Context examples 

Homeobox genes play a crucial role in normal development.

(Homeobox Protein Meis1, NCI Thesaurus)

Homeobox genes function, in part, to generate DNA-binding proteins with an evolutionary conserved approximately 60-residue sequence (HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS).

(Homeobox Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Eukaryotic homeodomain proteins are encoded by homeobox genes and typically control gene expression during morphogenesis and development.

(Homeobox Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

The DNA-binding homeo domain was originally identified in transcription factor proteins encoded by homeobox genes (homeotic genes).

(Homeo Domain, NCI Thesaurus)