Table 4. Identification of additional homeobox genes in the embryonic pituitary encyclopedia.
| Gene Symbol | Gene Name | NUMBER OF CLONES IDENTIFIEDa Pituitary cDNA Source |
Homeobox Classb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E12.5 WT | E14.5 WT | E14.5 Prop1df/df | Sub1 | Sub2 | ||||
| Adnp | Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein | 1 | 3 | 3 | POU-like | |||
| Dlx1 | Distal-less homeobox 1 | 1 | 3 | Dll | ||||
| Dlx3 | Distal-less homeobox 3 | 1 | Dll | |||||
| Emx2 | Empty spiracles homolog 2 | 3 | 1 | Ems | ||||
| Hlx1 | H2.0-like homeo box | 1 | Hlx | |||||
| Homez | Homeodomain leucine zipper-encoding | 2 | 1 | ZF | ||||
| Isl1 | Islet 1 Tanscription factor | 2 | 1 | LIM | ||||
| Lass2 | LAG1 homolog, ceramide synthase 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Lass3 | LAG1 homolog, ceramide synthase 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Lass4 | LAG1 homolog, ceramide synthase 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Lass5 | LAG1 homolog, ceramide synthase 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Lass6 | LAG1 homolog, ceramide synthase 6 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Lhx2 | LIM homeobox protein 2 [69] | 1 | LIM | |||||
| Meis1 | Myeloid ecotropic viral integration site 1 | 1 | TALE | |||||
| Meox2 | Mesenchyme homeobox 2 | 1 | TALE | |||||
| Mrg1 | Myeloid ecotropic viral integration site-related gene 1 [66; 71] | 2 | 1 | TALE | ||||
| Msx1 | Homeo box, msh-like 1 [67; 86] | 1 | 1 | 1 | MSH | |||
| Nkx2-4 | NK2 transcription factor related, locus 4 | 2 | NK | |||||
| Nkx3-1 | NK-3 transcription factor, locus 1 | 3 | NK | |||||
| Obox3 | Oocyte specific homeobox 3 | 2 | OBOX | |||||
| Pax1 | Paired box gene 1 | 2 | 2 | Prd | ||||
| Pbx2 | Pre B-cell leukemia transcription factor 2 | 1 | 3 | TALE | ||||
| Pknox1 | Pbx/knotted 1 homeobox 1 [64] | 1 | TALE | |||||
| Pknox2 | Pbx/knotted 1 homeobox 2 | 1 | TALE | |||||
| Pou4f1 | POU domain class 4, transcription factor 1 [37] | 1 | 1 | POU | ||||
| Pou6f1 | POU domain class 4 transcription factor 1 [70] | 1 | POU | |||||
| Prrx2 | Paired related homeobox 2 | 1 | Prd | |||||
| Prrxl1 | Paired related homeobox protein-like 1 | 2 | Prd | |||||
| Rax | Retina and anterior neural fold homeobox [63] | 2 | 2 | 1 | Prd | |||
| Satb1 | Special AT-rich sequence binding protein 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Cut | |||
| Six1 | Sine oculis-related homeobox 1 homolog | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | Six | |
| Six4 | Sine oculis-related homeobox 4 homolog | 1 | 3 | 2 | Six | |||
| Tgif1 | TGFB-induced factor homeobox 1 | 1 | 1 | TALE | ||||
| Tgif2 | TGFB-induced factor homeobox 2 | 2 | TALE | |||||
| Zeb2 | Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 2 [60] | 1 | ZF | |||||
| Zfhx3 | Zinc finger homeobox 3 | 1 | 2 | ZF | ||||
| Zhx1 | Zinc fingers and homeoboxes protein 1 | 2 | ZF | |||||
a
Number of cDNA clones identified in each library corresponding to indicated gene.
b
Homeobox class is indicated where known. None known for Lass3.