The Emx gene family has two members:
EMX1 and
EMX2. The Emx genes are responsible for encoding these two
transcription factors
In molecular biology, a transcription factor (TF) (or sequence-specific DNA-binding factor) is a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA, by binding to a specific DNA sequence. The fun ...
; the homeodomain is responsible for binding to target DNA sequences to regulate
transcription.
References
Transcription factors
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