Forkhead Box Protein P1 (FOXP1)

FOXP1 ("forkhead box P1") is a gene that is necessary for the proper development of the brain and lung in mammals. It is a member of the large FOX family of transcription factors.This gene belongs to subfamily P of the forkhead box (FOX) transcription factor family.Forkhead box transcription factors play important roles in the regulation of tissue- and cell type-specific gene transcription during both development and adulthood. Forkhead box P1 protein contains both DNA-binding- and protein-protein binding-domains. This gene may act as a tumor suppressor as it is lost in several tumor types and maps to a chromosomal region (3p14.1) reported to contain a tumor suppressor gene(s). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.