VSX2 explained

Visual system homeobox 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VSX2 gene.^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• Toward a complete human genome sequence . Genome Research . 8 . 11 . 1097–1108 . November 1998 . 9847074 . 10.1101/gr.8.11.1097 . free . ((Sanger Center)), ((Washington University Genome Sequencing Center)) .
• Ferda Percin E, Ploder LA, Yu JJ, Arici K, Horsford DJ, Rutherford A, Bapat B, Cox DW, Duncan AM, Kalnins VI, Kocak-Altintas A, Sowden JC, Traboulsi E, Sarfarazi M, McInnes RR . Human microphthalmia associated with mutations in the retinal homeobox gene CHX10 . Nature Genetics . 25 . 4 . 397–401 . August 2000 . 10932181 . 10.1038/78071 . 9508022 .
• Mikkola I, Bruun JA, Holm T, Johansen T . Superactivation of Pax6-mediated transactivation from paired domain-binding sites by dna-independent recruitment of different homeodomain proteins . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 276 . 6 . 4109–4118 . February 2001 . 11069920 . 10.1074/jbc.M008882200 . free .
• Bar-Yosef U, Abuelaish I, Harel T, Hendler N, Ofir R, Birk OS . CHX10 mutations cause non-syndromic microphthalmia/ anophthalmia in Arab and Jewish kindreds . Human Genetics . 115 . 4 . 302–309 . September 2004 . 15257456 . 10.1007/s00439-004-1154-2 . 28981190 .
• Dorval KM, Bobechko BP, Ahmad KF, Bremner R . Transcriptional activity of the paired-like homeodomain proteins CHX10 and VSX1 . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 280 . 11 . 10100–10108 . March 2005 . 15647262 . 10.1074/jbc.M412676200 . free .
• Kuiper H, Spötter A, Williams JL, Distl O, Drögemüller C . Physical mapping of CHX10, ALDH6A1, and ABCD4 on bovine chromosome 10q34 . Cytogenetic and Genome Research . 109 . 4 . 533 . 2005 . 15909363 . 10.1159/000084217 . free .
• Dorval KM, Bobechko BP, Fujieda H, Chen S, Zack DJ, Bremner R . CHX10 targets a subset of photoreceptor genes . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 281 . 2 . 744–751 . January 2006 . 16236706 . 10.1074/jbc.M509470200 . free .
• Faiyaz-Ul-Haque M, Zaidi SH, Al-Mureikhi MS, Peltekova I, Tsui LC, Teebi AS . Mutations in the CHX10 gene in non-syndromic microphthalmia/anophthalmia patients from Qatar . Clinical Genetics . 72 . 2 . 164–166 . August 2007 . 17661825 . 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00846.x . 6218901 .

Notes and References

1. McAlpine PJ, Shows TB . Nomenclature for human homeobox genes . Genomics . 7 . 3 . 460 . July 1990 . 1973146 . 10.1016/0888-7543(90)90186-X .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: CHX10 ceh-10 homeodomain containing homolog (C. elegans).