A HOX HOM HOMEOBOX GENE IN SPONGES

被引：43

作者：

DEGNAN, BM

DEGNAN, SM

GIUSTI, A

MORSE, DE

机构：

[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,CTR MARINE BIOTECHNOL,INST MARINE SCI,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106

[2] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,DEPT BIOL SCI,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106

来源：

GENE | 1995年 / 155卷 / 02期

关键词：

EVOLUTION; METAZOA; PORIFERA; SPOX;

D O I：

10.1016/0378-1119(94)00908-B

中图分类号：

Q3 [遗传学];

学科分类号：

071007 ; 090102 ;

摘要：

The hox/hom homeobox genes code for DNA-binding proteins that confer positional information during animal development; these genes have been found in a wide range of triploblasts and in cnidarians. We report here the identification of a hox/hom gene and two other homeobox genes in the genomes of sponges. This finding extends the detection of hox/hom genes to the lowest metazoan phylum and suggests a monophyletic origin of the kingdom Animalia. Because, in culture, sponge cells quickly reaggregate, differentiate and construct tissue after disaggregation, they can provide a useful model system for characterization of the basic roles of homeobox genes in the control of cellular differentiation.

引用

页码：175 / 177

页数：3

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