Caudal (protein)

The caudal family of homeobox transcription factors are regulators of embryonic development and hematopoiesis in vertebrates. They are also involved in the development of some types of gastrointestinal cancers and leukemias.[1]

Humans have three genes (CDX1, CDX2, and CDX4) that encode caudal proteins.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lengerke C, Daley GQ (2012). "Caudal genes in blood development and leukemia". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1266: 47–54. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06625.x. PMC 3431192Freely accessible. PMID 22901255.
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