This gene is a member of the paired box (PAX) family of transcription factors which are essential during fetal development. It is required for the development of the ventral vertebral column. Its expression is limited to the pharyngeal pouches and the cells that surround the developing vertebrae near the top where the head will be established to help give rise to the neck and the start of the formation of the shoulders and arm buds. Cancers, such as ovarian and cervical cancers, add a methyl (CH3) group which silences, or disables, the gene which may be able to suppress the tumor by regulating when other cells divide and increase. A substitution or deletion of this gene in mice can produce variants of the mutant undulated which is characterized by segmentation abnormalities along the inner spine. Mutations in the human gene may contribute to the condition of Klippel–Feil syndrome, which is the failure of the vertebrae to segment near the top of the spine and possibly further down with symptoms including a short, immovable neck and a low hairline on the back of the head.[3][4][5][6]
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Further reading
Bannykh SI, Emery SC, Gerber JK, et al. (2004). "Aberrant Pax1 and Pax9 expression in Jarcho-Levin syndrome: report of two Caucasian siblings and literature review". Am. J. Med. Genet. A. 120 (2): 241–6. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.20192. PMID12833407.
Smith CA, Tuan RS (1994). "Human PAX gene expression and development of the vertebral column". Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. (302): 241–50. PMID7909508.
Stapleton P, Weith A, Urbánek P, et al. (1995). "Chromosomal localization of seven PAX genes and cloning of a novel family member, PAX-9". Nat. Genet. 3 (4): 292–8. doi:10.1038/ng0493-292. PMID7981748.
Stamataki D, Kastrinaki M, Mankoo BS, et al. (2001). "Homeodomain proteins Mox1 and Mox2 associate with Pax1 and Pax3 transcription factors". FEBS Lett. 499 (3): 274–8. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02556-X. PMID11423130.
Deloukas P, Matthews LH, Ashurst J, et al. (2002). "The DNA sequence and comparative analysis of human chromosome 20". Nature. 414 (6866): 865–71. doi:10.1038/414865a. PMID11780052.
Eraly SA, Hamilton BA, Nigam SK (2003). "Organic anion and cation transporters occur in pairs of similar and similarly expressed genes". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 300 (2): 333–42. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02853-X. PMID12504088.
McGaughran JM, Oates A, Donnai D, et al. (2004). "Mutations in PAX1 may be associated with Klippel-Feil syndrome". Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 11 (6): 468–74. doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200987. PMID12774041.
Giampietro PF, Raggio CL, Reynolds CE, et al. (2005). "An analysis of PAX1 in the development of vertebral malformations". Clin. Genet. 68 (5): 448–53. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.2005.00520.x. PMID16207213.
