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For example, caudal , a homeobox domain transcription factor, partitioned into the genital-disc cluster.
According to our analysis, homeobox proteins are involved in the regulation of or are regulated by many protein families such as GPCRs, ion channels, tyrosine phosphatases, nuclear hormone receptors, and protein kinases.
We found a similar phenotype upon overexpression of Hoxd-4 in our transgenic system (Kappen, manuscript in preparation), whereas overexpression of the LIM-homeodomain transcription factor Isl-1 did not cause abnormalities in cartilage but other developmental defects [ 1 9 ] . The observation that cartilage is affected by misregulation of Hoxc-8 and Hoxd-4, but not by a divergent homeobox gene, indicates that the capacity to regulate cartilage differentiation is specific to homeobox genes of the Hox subclass.
In C. elegans , it was reported that the homeobox gene, lim-6, is required for distinct chemosensory representations (ion sensing), which is related to ion channel/transportation mechanisms.
In the present study we found that 80% of invasive ductal breast tumors expressed BP1, a member of the DLX homeobox gene family.