Homez, a homeobox leucine zipper gene specific to the vertebrate lineage
Bayarsaihan D, Enkhmandakh B, Makeyev A, Greally JM, Leckman JF, Ruddle FH. Homez, a homeobox leucine zipper gene specific to the vertebrate lineage. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 10358-10363. PMID: 12925734, PMCID: PMC193566, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1834010100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeucine zipper-like motifHomeobox-containing proteinLobe-finned fishesVertebrate homeobox genesFamily of genesLeucine zipper genesUnusual structural organizationZipper-like motifOverall protein structureVertebrate lineageComplementation modelZipper genePufferfish homologsHomeodomain sequencesMammalian sequencesMouse geneZHX familyMouse developmentAcidic domainHomeobox genesPhylogenetic analysisHomeodomain factorsGenomic analysisAtypical homeodomainHomez