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The T-box gene family.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Jan 1998
Papaioannou V E, Silver L M
Abstract excerpt
A novel family of transcription factors that appears to play a critical role in the development of all animal species was recently uncovered on the basis of homology of the DNA binding domain of the Brachyury, or T locus, gene product. Phylogenetic studies have shown the ancient origin of this gene family, which has been named the T-box family, prior to the divergence of metazoa from a common ancestral type....
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