The tailless ortholog nhr-67 functions in the development of the C. elegans ventral uterus.

The development of the C. elegans uterus provides a model for understanding the regulatory pathways that control organogenesis. In C.

The histone acetyltransferase GCN5 affects the inflorescence meristem and stamen development in Arabidopsis.

A central question in biology is to understand how gene expression is precisely regulated to give rise to a variety of forms during the process of development. Epigenetic effects such as DNA methylation or histone modification have been increasingly shown to play a critical role in regulation of genome function. GCN5 is a prototypical histone acetyltransferase that participates in regulating developmental gene expression in several metazoan species.