The Homeobox Transcription Factor HOXA9 Is a Regulator of SHOX in U2OS Cells and Chicken Micromass Cultures

The homeobox gene SHOX encodes for a transcription factor that plays an important role during limb development. Mutations or deletions of SHOX in humans cause short stature in Turner, Langer and Leri-Weill syndrome as well as idiopathic short stature. During embryonic development, SHOX is expressed...

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Main Authors: Durand, Claudia, Decker, Eva, Roeth, Ralph, Schneider, Katja U., Rappold, Gudrun
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3447975/