2. Noun. (biochemistry) A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA ¹
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Definition of Forkhead
1. the forked end of a rod [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forkhead
Literary usage of Forkhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"This cursed forkhead ... in flight, And guides the bitter forkhead ; which, ah !
pierced Hath, from the backward, ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"Morte Arthur, leaf 162. 35 ; bk. viii, c. 33. forkhead, the head of an arrow,
with two barbs pointing forward, instead of backward, as in the swallow-lail. ..."
3. Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2005 by National Academy of Engineering, Nae (2006)
"A forkhead-domain gene is mutated in a severe speech and language disorder.
Nature 413(6855): 519-523. Levin, S. 2002. Complex adaptive systems: exploring ..."
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