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DLX6

Homeobox protein DLX-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DLX6 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of a homeobox transcription factor gene family similar to the Drosophila distal-less gene. This family has at least six members that encode proteins with roles in forebrain and craniofacial development. This gene is in a tail-to-tail configuration with another member of the family on the long arm of chromosome 7.[2]

References

References

  1. Simeone A, Acampora D, Pannese M, D’Esposito M, Stornaiuolo A, Gulisano M, Mallamaci A, Kastury K, Druck T, Huebner K, et al. (Apr 1994). “Cloning and characterization of two members of the vertebrate Dlx gene family”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 91 (6): 2250–4. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.6.2250. PMC 43348. PMID 7907794.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: DLX6 distal-less homeobox 6”.
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