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- noun obsolete An
arrow with abarbed tip. - noun biochemistry A sequence of
amino acids that forms amotif , in FOX proteins, that binds toDNA
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Examples
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When the proteins, called forkhead box transcription factors, were removed in young mice, oxidative stress increased and bone weakness developed.
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The FOXA1 marker, also known as forkhead box A1, is a gene known to cause breast cancer.
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The FOXL2 forkhead transcription factor is expressed in ovarian granulosa cells, and mutated
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Bentsi-Barnes IK, Barlow GM, Bae J, Pisarska MD (2009) Sumoylation of forkhead L2 by Ubc9 is required for its activity as a transcriptional repressor of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory gene.
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As a forkhead transcription factor with a primary role in follicle and eyelid development, the importance of FOXL2 in ovarian development and function is unquestioned, but its expression is under complex transcriptional control
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Although the importance of the forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 in ovarian development and function is established, regulation of its action is not well understood.
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The FOXL2 forkhead transcription factor is expressed in ovarian granulosa cells, and mutated
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mara Marongiu et al. 2010
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Ellsworth BS, Burns AT, Escudero KW, Duval DL, Nelson SE, et al. (2003) The gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor activating sequence (GRAS) is a composite regulatory element that interacts with multiple classes of transcription factors including Smads, AP-1 and a forkhead DNA binding protein.
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The protein that is encoded by this gene is of a class called 'forkhead transcription factors', which act to control the expression of other genes.
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Crisponi L, Deiana M, Loi A, Chiappe F, Uda M, et al. (2001) The putative forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 is mutated in blepharophimosis/ptosis/epicanthus inversus syndrome.
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An arrow with a barbed head.
September 30, 2008