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Length of Homeobox DNA sequence

Range	~180 base pairs
Organism	Eukaryotes
Reference	Bürglin TR, Affolter M. Homeodomain proteins: an update. Chromosoma. 2016 Jun125(3):497-521. doi: 10.1007/s00412-015-0543-8 p.498 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID26464018
Primary Source	Table - link
Comments	P.498 left column 2nd paragraph: "The homeobox was originally discovered as a shared sequence element of about 180 bp in homeotic genes in Drosophila melanogaster, which gave rise to its name (Primary sources McGinnis et al. 1984a and Scott and Weiner 1984) (for review, see primary sources Bürglin 2013a, Bürglin 2013b, Pick 2015)."
Entered by	Uri M
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