title: Fox's in development and disease.
abstract: Since the first forkhead (Fox) gene was identified, the importance of this family of transcription factors has increased steadily with the discoveries of the diverse range of developmental processes that they regulate in eukaryotes. Among other processes, the Fox factors are important in the establishment of the body axis and the development of tissues from all three germ layers. In this article, we present some of the recent data on this gene family with reference to selected phenotypes observed in patients and model organisms, and the sensitivity of developmental processes to alterations in forkhead gene dosage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, London EC1V 9EL, UK. ojlehmann@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ordan J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: Jane C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sowden
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carlsson
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Shomi S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D003315:Cornea / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C112743:FOXC1 protein, human; C404285:FOXE3 protein, human; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; C112890:Foxc1 protein, mouse; C498612:Foxe3 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; C082078:mesenchyme fork head 1 protein