HOXD8

HOXD8
Identifiers
Aliases HOXD8, HOX4, HOX4E, HOX5.4, homeobox D8
External IDs MGI: 96209 HomoloGene: 10473 GeneCards: HOXD8
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

3234

15437

Ensembl

ENSG00000175879

ENSMUSG00000027102

UniProt

P13378

P23463

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_019558
NM_001199746
NM_001199747

NM_001290730
NM_001290731
NM_008276

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001186675.1
NP_062458.1

NP_032302.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 176.13 – 176.13 Mb Chr 2: 74.7 – 74.71 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Homeobox protein Hox-D8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOXD8 gene.[3][4][5]

This gene belongs to the homeobox family of genes. The homeobox genes encode a highly conserved family of transcription factors that play an important role in morphogenesis in all multicellular organisms. Mammals possess four similar homeobox gene clusters, HOXA, HOXB, HOXC and HOXD, located on different chromosomes, consisting of 9 to 11 genes arranged in tandem. This gene is one of several homeobox HOXD genes located in a cluster on chromosome 2. Deletions that remove the entire HOXD gene cluster or the 5' end of this cluster have been associated with severe limb and genital abnormalities. In addition to effects during embryogenesis, this particular gene may also play a role in adult urogenital tract function.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. McAlpine PJ, Shows TB (Aug 1990). "Nomenclature for human homeobox genes". Genomics. 7 (3): 460. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(90)90186-X. PMID 1973146.
  4. Scott MP (Dec 1992). "Vertebrate homeobox gene nomenclature". Cell. 71 (4): 551–3. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(92)90588-4. PMID 1358459.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: HOXD8 homeobox D8".

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