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    (AN2) or oculorhombin, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PAX6 gene. PAX6 is a member of the Pax gene family which is responsible for carrying...
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    Aniridia (section PAX6)
    ataxia). The AN2 region of the short arm of chromosome 11 (11p13) includes the PAX6 gene (named for its PAired boX status), whose gene product helps regulate...
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    factors include the genes EMX2 and PAX6. Together, both transcription factors form an opposing gradient of expression. Pax6 is highly expressed at the rostral...
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  • the PAX6 ocular development gene and the Wilms' tumour gene (WT1). Abnormalities in WT1 may also cause genitourinary anomalies. Mutations in the PAX6 gene...
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    due to independent variants of Pax6 arising in both cephalopods and vertebrates. Cephalopods contain five variants of Pax6 in their genomes which independently...
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  • Foundation for the Blind, genetic dissection of Pax6 dosage requirements in the developing eye has shown that Pax6 dosage in the lens and cornea affects the...
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    and usually a partial, or in the case of four family members (PAX3, PAX4, PAX6 and PAX7), a complete homeodomain to the C-terminus. An octapeptide as well...
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    proven, it is thought that SHH emitted from the prechordal plate suppresses Pax6, which causes the eye field to divide into two. If the SHH gene is mutated...
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    genetic heterogeneity characteristic of ASD. In the most recent research, the PAX6 gene has been implicated in Peters' Anomaly This congenital anomaly was first...
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    master control gene PAX6, a homeobox gene with known homologues in humans (aniridia), mice (small eye), and Drosophila (eyeless). The PAX6 gene locus is a...
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