HOXD4

Homeobox D4
Identifiers
SymbolsHOXD4 ; HHO.C13; HOX-5.1; HOX4; HOX4B; Hox-4.2
External IDsOMIM: 142981 MGI: 96208 HomoloGene: 7773 GeneCards: HOXD4 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez323315436
EnsemblENSG00000170166ENSMUSG00000101174
UniProtP09016P10628
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_014621NM_010469
RefSeq (protein)NP_055436NP_034599
Location (UCSC)Chr 2:
176.15 – 176.15 Mb
Chr 2:
74.71 – 74.73 Mb
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Homeobox protein Hox-D4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOXD4 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

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 at 2q31-2q37 chromosome regions. Deletions that removed the entire HOXD gene cluster or 5' end of this cluster have been associated with severe limb and genital abnormalities. The protein encoded by this gene may play a role in determining positional values in developing limb buds. Alternatively spliced variants have been described but their full length nature has not been determined.[3]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Scott MP (Dec 1992). "Vertebrate homeobox gene nomenclature". Cell 71 (4): 551–3. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(92)90588-4. PMID 1358459.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: HOXD4 homeobox D4".

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