1. hox - Noun
2. hox - Verb
To hock; to hamstring. See Hock.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDrosophila is known to use the Polycomb and Trithorax Complexes to maintain the expression of Hox genes after the down-regulation of the pair-rule and gap genes that occurs during larval development. Source: Internet
Among the most important of the toolkit genes are those of the Hox gene cluster, or complex. Source: Internet
Hox genes, transcription factors containing the more broadly distributed homeobox protein-binding DNA motif, function in patterning the body axis. Source: Internet
Kobayashi M, Furuya H, Wada H (2009) Molecular markers comparing the extremely simple body plan of dicyemids to that of lophotrochozoans: insight from the expression patterns of Hox, Otx, and brachyury. Source: Internet
Retinoic acid has its effects by turning on a differential pattern of Hox genes which encode different homeodomain transcription factors which in turn can turn on cell type specific genes. Source: Internet
However, Hox genes typically determine the identity of body segments. Source: Internet