Iroquois homeobox factor

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Iroquois homeobox factors are a family of homeodomain transcription factors that play a role in many developmental processes.[1][2] The loci were named for the flies carrying mutations in one of these genes, which are devoid of all bristles in the lateral part of the notum, leaving only a median stripe of bristles, similar to the Iroquois tribes which shaved all but a medial stripe of hairs on the head.[3]

Human genes that encode Iroquois homeobox factors include:[2]

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