hox

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I'll foller close on de chief--what you call 'im?--Vollyvo--an' w'en I sees him stick one hox, das nuff for me.

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  1. The hock. Dauid hoxide [var. kitte the hoxes of] alle the drawynge beestys in chairs. Wyclif, 2 Ki. [2 Sam.] viii. 4 (Purv.).

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  • We utilized zebrafish as a model to determine whether quantitative changes in hox expression alter the timing of shh expression in pectoral fins of zebrafish embryos. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • Thus, a threshold level of hox expression determines the onset of shh expression, and the subsequent heterochronic shift of Shh activity can affect the size of the fin endoskeleton. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • Structural insights into human KAP1 PHD finger-bromodomain and its role in gene silencing abcg2 acetyltransferases aging aire and ash1 bcrp biology cancer cells domain epigenetic epigenetics hats hdacs hematopoietic histone hox hsc hscs isolation kap1 medicine methods mll phd polycomb silencing stem subpopulation transplantation CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The autoimmune regulator PHD finger binds to non-methylated histone H3K4 to activate gene expression abcg2 acetyltransferases aging aire and ash1 bcrp biology cancer cells domain epigenetic epigenetics hats hdacs hematopoietic histone hox hsc hscs isolation kap1 medicine methods mll phd polycomb rag2 silencing stem subpopulation transplantation yng1 CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Slide 109: 17-4 Master control genes are called a. hox genes. b. developmental genes. c. embryonic genes. d. regulatory genes. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. from Middle English hox, i. e. *hoks, *hocks (the s being ult. due prob. to Anglo-Saxon hōhsino) for hoʒ, hock: see hock, v. and n.
 

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