This gene is a member of the Abd-B homeobox family and encodes a protein with a homeobox DNA-binding domain. It is included in a cluster of homeobox B genes located on chromosome 17. The encoded nuclear protein functions as a sequence-specific transcription factor that is involved in cell proliferation and differentiation. Increased expression of this gene is associated with some cases of leukemia, prostate cancer and lung cancer.[3]
↑ 4.04.1Prévôt D, Voeltzel T, Birot AM, Morel AP, Rostan MC, Magaud JP, Corbo L (January 2000). "The leukemia-associated protein Btg1 and the p53-regulated protein Btg2 interact with the homeoprotein Hoxb9 and enhance its transcriptional activation". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (1): 147–53. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.1.147. PMID10617598.
Further reading
Deguchi Y, Kehrl JH (1991). "Selective expression of two homeobox genes in CD34-positive cells from human bone marrow". Blood. 78 (2): 323–8. PMID1712647.
Peverali FA, D'Esposito M, Acampora D, Bunone G, Negri M, Faiella A, Stornaiuolo A, Pannese M, Migliaccio E, Simeone A (1990). "Expression of HOX homeogenes in human neuroblastoma cell culture lines". Differentiation. 45 (1): 61–9. doi:10.1111/j.1432-0436.1990.tb00458.x. PMID1981366.
Giampaolo A, Acampora D, Zappavigna V, Pannese M, D'Esposito M, Carè A, Faiella A, Stornaiuolo A, Russo G, Simeone A (1989). "Differential expression of human HOX-2 genes along the anterior-posterior axis in embryonic central nervous system". Differentiation. 40 (3): 191–7. doi:10.1111/j.1432-0436.1989.tb00598.x. PMID2570724.
Boncinelli E, Acampora D, Pannese M, D'Esposito M, Somma R, Gaudino G, Stornaiuolo A, Cafiero M, Faiella A, Simeone A (1989). "Organization of human class I homeobox genes". Genome. 31 (2): 745–56. doi:10.1139/g89-133. PMID2576652.
Apiou F, Flagiello D, Cillo C, Malfoy B, Poupon MF, Dutrillaux B (1996). "Fine mapping of human HOX gene clusters". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 73 (1–2): 114–5. doi:10.1159/000134320. PMID8646877.
Ohnishi K, Tobita T, Sinjo K, Takeshita A, Ohno R (1998). "Modulation of homeobox B6 and B9 genes expression in human leukemia cell lines during myelomonocytic differentiation". Leuk. Lymphoma. 31 (5–6): 599–608. doi:10.3109/10428199809057620. PMID9922051.
Prévôt D, Voeltzel T, Birot AM, Morel AP, Rostan MC, Magaud JP, Corbo L (2000). "The leukemia-associated protein Btg1 and the p53-regulated protein Btg2 interact with the homeoprotein Hoxb9 and enhance its transcriptional activation". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (1): 147–53. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.1.147. PMID10617598.
Rual JF, Venkatesan K, Hao T, Hirozane-Kishikawa T, Dricot A, Li N, Berriz GF, Gibbons FD, Dreze M, Ayivi-Guedehoussou N, Klitgord N, Simon C, Boxem M, Milstein S, Rosenberg J, Goldberg DS, Zhang LV, Wong SL, Franklin G, Li S, Albala JS, Lim J, Fraughton C, Llamosas E, Cevik S, Bex C, Lamesch P, Sikorski RS, Vandenhaute J, Zoghbi HY, Smolyar A, Bosak S, Sequerra R, Doucette-Stamm L, Cusick ME, Hill DE, Roth FP, Vidal M (2005). "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature. 437 (7062): 1173–8. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID16189514.