KNOX genes: versatile regulators of plant development and diversity

A Hay, M Tsiantis - Development, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
Knotted1-like homeobox (KNOX) proteins are homeodomain transcription factors that
maintain an important pluripotent cell population called the shoot apical meristem, which …

Deregulated homeobox gene expression in cancer: cause or consequence?

C Abate-Shen - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2002 - nature.com
Homeobox genes comprise a large and essential family of developmental regulators that
are vital for all aspects of growth and differentiation. Although many studies have reported …

Low affinity binding site clusters confer hox specificity and regulatory robustness

J Crocker, N Abe, L Rinaldi, AP McGregor, N Frankel… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
In animals, Hox transcription factors define regional identity in distinct anatomical domains.
How Hox genes encode this specificity is a paradox, because different Hox proteins bind …

MicroRNA Targets in Drosophila

A Enright, B John, U Gaul, T Tuschl, C Sander, D Marks - Genome biology, 2003 - Springer
The recent discoveries of microRNAs (miRNAs) and characterization of the first few targets
of their gene products in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster have set the …

[HTML][HTML] Cofactor binding evokes latent differences in DNA binding specificity between Hox proteins

M Slattery, T Riley, P Liu, N Abe, P Gomez-Alcala… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
Members of transcription factor families typically have similar DNA binding specificities yet
execute unique functions in vivo. Transcription factors often bind DNA as multiprotein …

[HTML][HTML] Hoxa9 transforms primary bone marrow cells through specific collaboration with Meis1a but not Pbx1b

E Kroon, J Krosl, U Thorsteinsdottir, S Baban… - The EMBO …, 1998 - embopress.org
Abstract Hoxa9, Meis1 and Pbx1 encode homeodomaincontaining proteins implicated in
leukemic transformation in both mice and humans. Hoxa9, Meis1 and Pbx1 proteins have …

The Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project gene disruption project: Single P-element insertions mutating 25% of vital Drosophila genes

AC Spradling, D Stern, A Beaton, EJ Rhem, T Laverty… - Genetics, 1999 - academic.oup.com
A fundamental goal of genetics and functional genomics is to identify and mutate every gene
in model organisms such as Drosophila melanogaster. The Berkeley Drosophila Genome …

[HTML][HTML] Hox cofactors in vertebrate development

CB Moens, L Selleri - Developmental biology, 2006 - Elsevier
Hox genes encode homeodomain-containing transcription factors that pattern the body axes
of animal embryos. It is well established that the exquisite DNA-binding specificity that …

The transcriptional diversity of 25 Drosophila cell lines

L Cherbas, A Willingham, D Zhang, L Yang… - Genome …, 2011 - genome.cshlp.org
Drosophila melanogaster cell lines are important resources for cell biologists. Here, we
catalog the expression of exons, genes, and unannotated transcriptional signals for 25 lines …

Hox proteins meet more partners

RS Mann, M Affolter - Current opinion in genetics & development, 1998 - Elsevier
The Hox genes are clustered sets of homeobox-containing genes that play a central role in
animal development. Recent genetic and molecular data suggest that Hox proteins interact …