Role of HOX Genes in Stem Cell Differentiation and Cancer

Figure 1

HOX genes and genome organization. (a) In humans, there are a total of 39, clustered into four families, namely, HOXA, HOXB, HOXC, and HOXD. Each family consists of 13 paralogous groups with nine to eleven numbers assigned based on their sequence similarity and position within the cluster. (b) HOX genes have two exons and 1 intron. Exon 2 has a 120-nucleotide sequence, called a Homeobox that encodes a 61 amino acid HOX protein.

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