[Term]
id: PR:000037797
name: paired box protein PAX
def: "A protein that contains a copy of the 'Paired box' domain (Pfam:PF00292), a conserved amino acid motif with DNA-binding activity. Members of this class are transcription factors involved in pattern formation during embryogenesis, possibly by determining the time and place of organ initiation or morphogenesis." [PIRSF:PIRSF038195, PMID:9297966, PRO:CNA]
comment: Category=family.
xref: PIRSF:PIRSF038195
is_a: PR:000000001 ! protein