Homeobox expressed in ES cells 1, also known as homeobox protein ANF, is a homeoboxprotein that in humans is encoded by the HESX1gene.[1]
Expression of HEX1 and HESX1 marks the anterior visceral endoderm of the embryo. The AVE is an extra-embryonic tissue, key to the establishment of the anterior-posterior body axis.
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