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Antennapedia

Definition

noun

A hox gene first described in Drosophila, which is responsible for the formation and differentiation of the first two thoracic segments and cephalic segments of the fly.


Supplement

A homeotic mutation involving antennapedia causes a fly to develop a pair of legs from its head in place of antennae.


See also: homeosis.


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How old is the ancestral protein likely to be.

... C6 isoform 2 [Homo sapi... 57.0 3e-07 gi|51474|emb|CAA34517.1| unnamed protein product [Mus musculus] 57.0 3e-07 gi|18026216|gb|AAL25809.1| antennapedia homeodomain protein [Eup 57.0 3e-07 gi|66476112|gb|AAX63763.2| HoxC6bii [Oncorhynchus mykiss] 57.0 3e-07

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Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:11 am
 
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The Fiber Disease

... seems to mediate the binding to specific DNA sequences, whereby the homeotic proteins exert a gene regulatory function. By isolating the normal Antennapedia gene, fusing its protein-coding sequences to an inducible promoter, and reintroducing this fusion gene into the germline of flies, it has ...

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Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:56 am
 
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