Motor neuron and pancreas homeobox 1 (MNX1), also known as Homeobox HB9 (HLXB9), is a human
protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residue (biochemistry), residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including Enzyme catalysis, catalysing metab ...
encoded by the ''MNX1''
gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protei ...
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Clinical significance
Mutations in the ''MNX1'' gene are associated with
Currarino syndrome
Currarino syndrome is an inherited congenital disorder where either the sacrum (the fused vertebrae forming the back of the pelvis) is not formed properly, or there is a mass in the presacral space in front of the sacrum, and there are malformatio ...
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Upregulated expression of MNX1-AS1 long noncoding RNA predicts poor prognosis in gastric cancer.
[ Zhang, W., Huang, L., Lu, X., Wang, K., Ning, X., & Liu, Z. (2019). Upregulated expression of MNX1-AS1 long noncoding RNA predicts poor prognosis in gastric cancer. Bosnian journal of basic medical sciences, 19(2), 164–171. https://doi.org/10.17305/bjbms.2019.3713 ]
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Transcription factors
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