IRX5 is a member of the Iroquois homeobox gene family. Members of this family appear to play multiple roles during pattern formation of vertebrate embryos.[1]
↑Ogura K, Matsumoto K, Kuroiwa A, Isobe T, Otoguro T, Jurecic V, Baldini A, Matsuda Y, Ogura T (2001). "Cloning and chromosome mapping of human and chicken Iroquois (IRX) genes". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 92 (3–4): 320–5. doi:10.1159/000056921. PMID11435706.
Further reading
Lewis MT, Ross S, Strickland PA, et al. (1999). "Regulated expression patterns of IRX-2, an Iroquois-class homeobox gene, in the human breast". Cell Tissue Res. 296 (3): 549–54. doi:10.1007/s004410051316. PMID10370142.
Bruneau BG (2006). "[Irx5: a transcription factor that regulates the cardiac repolarization gradient]". Med Sci (Paris). 22 (3): 231–2. doi:10.1051/medsci/2006223231. PMID16527195.
Myrthue A, Rademacher BL, Pittsenbarger J, et al. (2008). "The iroquois homeobox gene 5 is regulated by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in human prostate cancer and regulates apoptosis and the cell cycle in LNCaP prostate cancer cells". Clin. Cancer Res. 14 (11): 3562–70. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-4649. PMID18519790.