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THE homeobox is a 183-base-pair DNA sequence originally found in Drosophila segmentation and homeotic genes1,2. In Drosophila, homeotic genes are clustered in the Antennapedia and Bithorax complexes, collectively called the homeotic gene complex (HOM-C)3. In the mouse genome, about 40 homeobox genes (Hox) are clustered in four chromosomal regions (Hox A to D). The Hox genes are arranged in the same order and have the same antero-posterior pattern of expression as their structural homologue in the HOM-C4,5, suggesting that they control mouse pattern formation in the same way that HOM-C members do in Drosophila. Homeobox gene products are believed to be transcription factors that regulate expression of target genes. A few candidate target genes have been identified in Drosophila by various approaches6 but the Hox gene targets are poorly understood, mostly because of limitations in the available approaches. Here we identify several candidate Hox gene targets, including a mouse homologue of the Drosophila tumour-suppressor gene l(2)gl, by immunopurification of DNA sequences bound to a Hox protein in native chromatin.
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Tomotsune, D., Shoji, H., Wakamatsu, Y. et al. A mouse homologue of the Drosophila tumour-suppressor gene l(2)gl controlled by Hox-C8 in vivo. Nature 365, 69–72 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/365069a0
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