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Symbol
  
T-box

InterPro
  
IPR001699

SCOP
  
1xbr

Pfam
  
PF00907

PROSITE
  
PS50252

SUPERFAMILY
  
1xbr

T-box

T-box refers to a group of transcription factors involved in limb and heart development.

In humans and some other animals, defects in the TBX5 gene expression can lead to finger-like thumbs and ventricular septal defects in which there is no separation between the left and right ventricle of the heart and are responsible for Holt-Oram syndrome.

TBX3 is associated with ulnar-mammary syndrome in humans, but is also responsible for the presence or absence of dun color in horses, and has no deleterious effects whether expressed or not.

Genes encoding T-box proteins include:

References

T-box Wikipedia