Development and pathology: the Pax gene.
During development, many genes support different functions at different times, when they are expressed in different tissues, or in response to different transcription factors. Pathologists should be cautious about ascribing functions to such genes in pathological processes.
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D000818:Animals; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004330:Drosophila; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D005123:Eye / Q000196:embryology; D005801:Genes, Homeobox; D006801:Humans; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D051764:PAX9 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051764:PAX9 Transcription Factor; C497323:PAX9 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors