NKX3-2
NK3 homeobox 2 also known as NKX3-2 is a human gene. It is a homolog of bagpipe(bap) in Drosophila and therefore also known as Bapx1 (bagpipe homeobox homolog 1) . The protein encoded by this gene is a homeo domain containing transcription factor.[1]
Function
NKX3-2 plays a role in the development of the skeleton.[2] Nkx3-2 in mice also regulates patterning in the middle ear.<ref "pmid = 14973294"> Tucker AS, Watson RP, Lettice LA, Yamada G, Hill RE (2004). "Bapx1 regulates patterning in the middle ear: altered regulatory role in the transition from the proximal jaw during vertebrate evolution". Development 131 (6): 1235–1245. doi:10.1242/dev.01017. PMID 14973294.</ref>
References
- ↑ Yoshiura KI, Murray JC (October 1997). "Sequence and chromosomal assignment of human BAPX1, a bagpipe-related gene, to 4p16.1: a candidate gene for skeletal dysplasia". Genomics 45 (2): 425–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4926. PMID 9344671.
- ↑ Lettice L, Hecksher-Sørensen J, Hill R (2001). "The role of Bapx1 (Nkx3.2) in the development and evolution of the axial skeleton". J. Anat. 199 (Pt 1–2): 181–7. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00944.x. PMC 1594973. PMID 11523821.
External links
- Bapx1 protein, mouse at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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