HOX Gene Expression

• Main Author: Papageorgiou, Spyros (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Cell biology.; Developmental biology.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Cell Biology.; Developmental Biology.

The study of Hox genes is crucial not only in exploring the enigma of homeosis but also in understanding normal development at the fundamental molecular level. "Hox Gene Expression" starts with the amazing discovery of the homeobox twenty-three years ago and follows the exciting path there...

Table of Contents:

• The Homeobox as a Key for Understanding the Principles of the Genetic Control of Development
• Expression of Hox Genes in the Nervous System of Vertebrates
• The Hox Gene Network in Vertebrate Limb Development
• Evolution of Hox Gene Clusters
• Evolutionary Genomics of Hox Gene Clusters
• Chromatin and the Control of Hox Gene Expression
• Homeobox-Containing Genes in Limb Regeneration
• Hox Genes and Stem Cells
• Deregulation of the Hox Gene Network and Cancer.