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Vsx2 controls eye organogenesis and retinal progenitor identity via homeodomain and non-homeodomain residues required for high affinity DNA binding. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2012
The homeodomain and adjacent CVC domain in the visual system homeobox (VSX) proteins are conserved from nematodes to humans. Humans with missense mutations in these regions of VSX2 have microphthalmia, suggesting both regions are critical for function ...
Changjiang Zou, Edward M Levine
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Small‐Molecule Kinase Inhibitors Modulating Circadian Rhythms

Medicinal Research Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circadian clock mechanism generates 24‐h rhythms crucial for regulating various physiological processes, and its dysregulation has been implicated in numerous diseases. In cells, the circadian clock operates through a transcriptional‐translational feedback loop, where phosphorylation plays a pivotal role in maintaining accurate circadian ...
Irene Castellino, Manuela Bartolini, Rudolf Andrys, Kamil Musilek   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gene turnover in the common ancestor of all C4 grasses

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Understanding how plants evolve more efficient photosynthesis is important in a warming world where improving crop productivity and resilience is a global priority. By generating the first reference genomes for an early‐diverging group of grasses called the Aristidoideae, we were able to reconstruct the genetic makeup of the last common ancestor of all
Lara Pereira, Ahmed S. Alenazi, Sahr Mian, Ilia J. Leitch, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, Colin P. Osborne, Luke T. Dunning   +6 more
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Papillary Thyroid Cancer With Cutaneous Metastasis: A Case Report and Literature Review

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cutaneous metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma is rare, which may present as slowly growing nodules, erythematous papules, or ulcerative nodules. The pathophysiological mechanisms of skin metastasis in thyroid cancer remain unclear.
Yi‐Qing Gao, Xin‐Lu Yin, Lu‐Ying Zheng, Jia‐Dong Wang   +3 more
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Adaptive evolution of Hox-gene homeodomains after cluster duplications

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2006
Background Hox genes code for homeodomain-containing transcription factors that function in cell fate determination and embryonic development. Hox genes are arranged in clusters with up to 14 genes.
Roth Jutta J, Lynch Vincent J, Wagner Günter P   +2 more
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The sequence specificity of homeodomain-DNA interaction [PDF]

Cell, 1988
The Drosophila developmental gene, engrailed, encodes a sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Using deletion constructs expressed as fusion proteins in E. coli, we localized this activity to the conserved homeodomain (HD). The binding site consensus, TCAATTAAAT, is found in clusters in the engrailed regulatory region. Weak binding of the En HD to one
C, Desplan, J, Theis, P H, O'Farrell
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Hox Gene Variation Drives Morphological Specialization of Humpback Grouper Cromileptes altivelis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Cromileptes altivelis exhibits a distinctive “sunken head and humpback” morphology, formed through cranial remodeling. Genetic analyses identified unique amino acid variants in Hoxa7a and Hoxa10b, with functional tests confirming their role in enhancing osteoblast activity and driving cranial remodeling.
Xiaoying Cao, Zhaowei Zhong, Lisheng Wu, Quanyin Liu, Shaoxiong Ding   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chromodomain Helicase DNA–Binding Proteins and Spermatogenesis: Current Advances

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Male infertility is a prevalent clinical condition, with approximately one‐third of cases classified as idiopathic, frequently stemming from impaired spermatogenesis because of dysregulated gene expression. Chromodomain helicase DNA‐binding (CHD) proteins are central chromatin remodelers that orchestrate this epigenetic regulation ...
Mingrui Zhang, Di Liu, Guoqiang Liu, Minggang Zhu, Feng Pan   +4 more
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Transcriptional precision in photoreceptor development and diseases – Lessons from 25 years of CRX research

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
The vertebrate retina is made up of six specialized neuronal cell types and one glia that are generated from a common retinal progenitor. The development of these distinct cell types is programmed by transcription factors that regulate the expression of ...
Yiqiao Zheng, Yiqiao Zheng, Shiming Chen, Shiming Chen, Shiming Chen   +4 more
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Role of the tomato MARS1/ROUGH gene encoding a LYSINE‐SPECIFIC HISTONE DEMETHYLASE 1 in adventitious root and fruit skin formation

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
The tomato mars1/rough mutant displays enhanced root regeneration and rough fruits due to ectopic cell proliferation. The causal gene encodes a lysine‐specific histone demethylase that normally maintains gene silencing. Its loss alters histone methylation, upregulating several genes, including those B‐type cyclins involved in tissue‐specific cellular ...
Eduardo Larriba, Cécile Bres, Aurora Alaguero‐Cordovilla, Riyazuddin Riyazuddin, Qingyi Wang, Johann Petit, Jean‐Philippe Mauxion, Lara Caballero, David Latrasse, Bénédicte Bakan, Rim Brik‐Chaouche, David Esteve‐Bruna, Moussa Benhamed, Christophe Rothan, José Manuel Pérez‐Pérez   +14 more
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