HOMEOBOX


Meaning of HOMEOBOX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhō-mē-ə-ˌbäks ]

noun

Date: 1984

: a short usually highly conserved DNA sequence in various eukaryotic genes and especially homeotic genes that encodes a DNA-binding amino acid domain of some proteins

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