The retroviral oncogene qin belongs to the transcription factor family that includes the homeotic gene fork head.

Li, J; Vogt, P K · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 1993

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Avian sarcoma virus 31 contains an oncogene that we have named qin. qin codes for a nuclear protein, Qin, that is a member of the HNF-3/fork head family of transcriptional regulators. Within this family Qin is particularly closely related to rat brain factor 1 (BF-1), a telencephalon-specific gene presumed to play an important role in the development of the mammalian brain.

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