title: Homeobox galore: when reproduction goes RHOX and roll.
abstract: Homeobox transcription factors exert essential roles in embryogenesis and are thought to govern regenerative cell differentiation. In this issue of Cell, MacLean and colleagues (MacLean et al., 2005) describe a new homeobox gene cluster composed of genes selectively expressed in reproductive tissues. Remarkably, the cluster is on the X chromosome, and the genes display a colinear pattern of expression.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génetique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch-Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Kevin N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Hogeveen
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sassone-Corsi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005718:Gametogenesis / Q000235:genetics*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000235:genetics; D005801:Genes, Homeobox / Q000235:genetics*; D006066:Gonads / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics; D038081:Organogenesis / Q000235:genetics*; D012733:Sex Differentiation / Q000235:genetics*; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000235:genetics