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. 2021 Jul 13;38(10):4116–4134. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msab203

Table 2.

Transcription Factors Involved in the Tube Formation of Vestimentiferans (vest) and Hard Structures in Other Lophotrochozoans for Which Data are Available.

Transcription Factora Annelida
Mollusca
Brachiopoda
Tube (vest) Chaetae Shell Scale Radula Spicules Shell Chaetae
Arx + + + +
Hox1/Lab + + +
Post1 + + +
En + + +
Hox5/Scr + +
Hox4/Did + +
Antp + +
Zic + + + +
Evx + +
Mox + +
Hox2/Pb + +
Brachyury + +
ETS +
Dlx +
Goosecoid +
Msx +
Six3/6 +
Gbx + + + +
Soxb2/Sox14 +
Grainyhead +
Hox3 +
Lox4 + +
Lox5 + +
Pax3/7 +
Pax6 + +
Hes1 + + +
a

Transcription factors included those from Hilgers et al. (2018) and Sun et al. (2020).