Hoxa11 - homeobox A11

This gene is located in a cluster of developmentally and temporally regulated genes on chromosome 6 encoding proteins involved in pattern formation. These proteins contain a characteristic DNA-binding motif called a homeodomain and function in transcriptional regulation. There are four distinct clusters of related genes on chromosomes 2, 6, 11, and 15. The protein encoded by this gene is important in the development of the skeleton, limbs, and urogenital tract. Expression of this gene may be regulated by overlapping transcription from an adjacent locus on the opposite strand (GeneID: 15397). [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2013]