version: 3.0
Ostreococcus lucimarinus HB Family
Description
Kappen. 2000: The homeodomain is a DNA-binding motif within transcription factor proteins. These transcription factors may be involved in cell differentiation and control of cell growth, as well as patterning of diverse organisms.
Members of this familySHOULD possess Homeobox KNOX1 KNOX2 domains
This family is also present in:
- Cyanidioschyzon merolae
- Galdieria sulphuraria
- Micromonas pusilla CCMP1545
- Micromonas sp. RCC299
- Ostreococcus tauri
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- Chlorella sp. NC64A
- Coccomyxa sp. C-169
- Physcomitrella patens
- Selaginella moellendorffii
- Oryza sativa subsp. indica
- Oryza sativa subsp. japonica
- Sorghum bicolor
- Zea mays
- Arabidopsis lyrata
- Arabidopsis thaliana
- Carica papaya
- Populus trichocarpa
- Vitis vinifera
There are 6 gene models in this family
General references
Bharathan, G; Janssen, BJ; Kellogg, EA; Sinha, N. 1997. Did homeodomain proteins duplicate before the origin of angiosperms, fungi, and metazoa? Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94(25):13749-53 PUBMEDID:9391098Chan, RL; Gago, GM; Palena, CM; Gonzalez, DH. 1998. Homeoboxes in plant development. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1442(1):1-19 PUBMEDID:9767075
Kappen, C. 2000. The homeodomain: an ancient evolutionary motif in animals and plants. Comput. Chem. 24(1):95-103 PUBMEDID:10642882
Scott, MP; Tamkun, JW; Hartzell, GW. 1989. The structure and function of the homeodomain. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 989(1):25-48 PUBMEDID:2568852
Design qRT-PCR primers using Quantprime



