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.
- the fat is in the fire
- The Federalist
- the Federal Union
- the female of the species
- the Fenland
- the Fens
- the Few
- the Fifteen
- the final straw
- the finer points of
- the finished article
- the firing line
- (the) first among equals
- (the) first cab off the rank
- the Flat
- the Fleet
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- the Flood
- the fog of war
- the forbidden degrees
- the Forties
- the fortunes of war
- the Forty-five
- the fountain of youth
- the four freedoms