homeodomain
/ˈhəʊmɪə(ʊ)də(ʊ)ˌmeɪn/(also homoeodomain) Genetics and Molecular Biol.
noun
A sequence of 60 amino acids encoded by a homeobox, forming a distinctive structural domain with a DNA-binding function in proteins involved in the regulation of transcription and (less commonly) translation.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Cell. From homoeo- + domain.
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