Chemical genomics is the development and use of target-specific ligands to study gene and protein functions throughout the genome. This is done by using a chemical that "knocks down" a gene, and then measuring how the knocked down gene affects other genes or phenotype [1].
Results
PubChem did not have any target molecules for FOXN1
Discussion
Just because PubChem did not have information about molecules known to target FOXN1 does not mean that there are not any. Further studies can be done with a chemical screen to see how they affect FOXN1 regulation function and expression.
Sources
1. MacBeath G. (2001). Chemical genomics: what will it take and who gets to play?. Genome biology, 2(6), COMMENT2005. https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2001-2-6-comment2005
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