Antennapedia
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antennapedia is a noun meaning (biochemistry) A homeobox protein (and associated gene) whose overexpression in the head segment of insects can lead to the formation of legs instead of antennae.
Meaning
(biochemistry) A homeobox protein (and associated gene) whose overexpression in the head segment of insects can lead to the formation of legs instead of antennae.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arthropsin, arthropodin, pleiohomeotic, goosecoid, photoantenna, paraxis.
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