HOMEOTIC GENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homeotic gene mean? 

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

1. one the genes that are involved in embryologic development

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMEOTIC GENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One the genes that are involved in embryologic development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homeotic gene"):

homeobox; homeobox gene (one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development)

 Context examples 

Genes that code for DNA binding genetic regulatory proteins in a variety of organisms, so named for the homeotic genes of Drosophila.

(Homeobox Gene, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

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

(Homeo Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

The Drosophila gene brahma (brm) encodes a non-specific RNA polymerase II transcription co-activator, assisting one or more transcriptional activators of ANT-C and BX-C homeotic genes.

(BRAHMA, NCI Thesaurus)