homeobox gene

[ hoh-mee-uh-boks ]

/ ˈhoʊ mi əˌbɒks /

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any of a group of genes whose function is to divide the early embryo into bands of cells with the potential to become specific organs or tissues.

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First recorded in 1985–90; homeo- + box¹

It got it all out there… Gene Hackman and Douglas… Melvyn Douglas is amazing.
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Was the blackface scene with Gene Wilder in Silver Streak an important step in how American audiences view minstrelsy?
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Another week, another study declaring the hunt for the ‘gay gene’ over.
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Rev. V. Gene Robinson is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, Washington, DC.
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You see, as far as passing the baton down, Michael used to look at Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and James Brown.
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Mass' Gene has gone to his company; we are left alone here to meet them.
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Gene steered the car to the cliff side of the road to prevent the peril of a plunge by the horse.
Penny of Top Hill Trail|Belle Kanaris Maniates
If no one had picked her up en route, he could easily overtake her in the big car, which Gene had now repaired.
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"I never saw Gene looking so bad in all his life," observed Witla pére to his wife the day Eugene arrived.
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Gene would like that, and talk a lot about going 'from Nature up to Nature's God.'
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homeobox gene

[ hō′mē-ə-bŏks′ ]

A DNA sequence in a homeotic gene that encodes for a specific sequence of amino acids in a protein.