Editing Transcription factor (section)

==== Development ====

Many transcription factors in [[multicellular organism]]s are involved in development.<ref name="pmid1424766">{{Cite book |title=Transcription factors and mammalian development |vauthors=Lobe CG |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-12-153127-0 |series=Current Topics in Developmental Biology |volume=27 |pages=351–83 |doi=10.1016/S0070-2153(08)60539-6 |pmid=1424766}}</ref>  Responding to stimuli, these transcription factors turn on/off the transcription of the appropriate genes, which, in turn, allows for changes in cell [[morphology (biology)|morphology]] or activities needed for [[cell fate determination]] and [[cellular differentiation]].  The [[Hox (gene)|Hox]] transcription factor family, for example, is important for proper [[Regional specification|body pattern formation]] in organisms as diverse as fruit flies to humans.<ref name="pmid17008523">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Lemons D, McGinnis W |date=September 2006 |title=Genomic evolution of Hox gene clusters |journal=Science |volume=313 |issue=5795 |pages=1918–22 |bibcode=2006Sci...313.1918L |doi=10.1126/science.1132040 |pmid=17008523 |s2cid=35650754}}</ref><ref name="pmid16515781">{{Cite journal |author-link=Cecilia Moens |vauthors=Moens CB, Selleri L |date=March 2006 |title=Hox cofactors in vertebrate development |journal=Developmental Biology |volume=291 |issue=2 |pages=193–206 |doi=10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.10.032 |pmid=16515781 |doi-access=free}}</ref>  Another example is the transcription factor encoded by the [[SRY|sex-determining region Y]] (SRY) gene, which plays a major role in determining sex in humans.<ref name="pmid17187356">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Ottolenghi C, Uda M, Crisponi L, Omari S, Cao A, Forabosco A, Schlessinger D |date=January 2007 |title=Determination and stability of sex |journal=BioEssays |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=15–25 |doi=10.1002/bies.20515 |pmid=17187356 |s2cid=23824870}}</ref>