(from the article `evolution`) The critical region of the proteins is encoded by a sequence of about 180 consecutive nucleotides (called the homeobox). The corresponding protein ...
Synonym for homeobox ... <molecular biology> Conserved DNA sequence originally detected by DNA hybridisation in many of the genes that give rise to homeotic and segmentation mutants in Drosophila. ... The homeobox consists of about 180 nucleotides coding for a sequence of 60 amino acids in a protein, sometimes termed the homeodomain, of which...
See homeobox.
Type: Term Pronunciation: hō′mē-ō-dō-mān′ Synonyms: homeobox