high mobility group (HMG)-box found in group C SRY-related high-mobility group (HMG) box (Sox) transcription factors
SoxC transcription factors includes three members: SOX4, SOX11 and SOX12. They play key roles, often in redundancy, in multiple developmental pathways, including neurogenesis and skeletogenesis. SOX-4 is a transcriptional activator that promotes neuronal differentiation both in the adult and embryonic neural progenitors. It binds with high affinity to the T-cell enhancer motif 5'-AACAAAG-3' motif. SOX-4 is abnormally expressed in various cancers. SOX-11 is a neural transcriptional factor involved in precursor survival, neuronal fate determination, migration and morphogenesis. SOX-12, also called SOX-22, is a transcription factor essential for embryonic development and cell fate determination. It binds to the sequence 5'-AACAAT-3'.
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