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. 2009 Sep 14;26(12):2775–2794. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msp201

Table 2.

Classification of All Homeobox Proteins Retrieved from Plant Genomes

Eudicots
Monocots
Bryophyta Lycopodiophyta Unicellular Green Algae
Red Algae
Super Class Class At Poplar Rice Maize Moss Sm Cr Ol Ot Cm
HD-ZIP HD-ZIP I 17 22 14 24 17 4
HD-ZIP II 10 16 14 (2) 17 7 2
HD-ZIP III 5 8 7 (3) 8 5 3
HD-ZIP IV 16 15 12 21 4 4
PLINC 14 17 11 17 11 (1) 5
WOX 16 19 15 16 3 6 1 1
TALE KNOX 8 15 12 (1) 13 5 5 (1) 1 1 1 1
BEL 13 19 14 17 (1) 4 2 1 2 2 1
Uncharacterized 6 1 2
DDT 4 7 3 (1) 4 3 2 1 1 1
PHD 2 4 2 5 2 1
NDX 1 2 1 1 2 1
LD 1 2 1 1 1 1
PINTOX 1 1 (1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SAWADEE 2 1 3 3 1 2
Uncharacterized 1 1 2
Total 110 148 (1) 110 (7) 148 (1) 66 (1) 45 (1) 5 7 7 6

NOTE.—Number of pseudogenes retrieved from each species is indicated in parentheses. At, Arabidopsis thaliana; Sm, Selaginella moellendorffii; Cr, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Ol, Ostreococcus lucimarinus; Ot, Ostreococcus tauri; Cm, Cyanodioschyzon merolae.