Fair Labor Standards Act - FLSA. A maintenance worker is hired to work 35 hours at $15/hr. At $525/week, he passes the salary test (his income is greater than $455/week) but, as he cannot exercise discretion or independent judgment and is directly supervised, he is classified as a non-exempt employee.
Although Hox genes contain and are originally named because of the homeobox sequence, not all homeobox-containing genes are Hox genes (other examples include the POU genes and CDX genes). The homeobox encodes for a protein sequence called the homeodomain, which is a DNA-binding domain.
Normal Function. The APP gene provides instructions for making a protein called amyloid precursor protein. This protein is found in many tissues and organs, including the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). Little is known about the function of amyloid precursor protein.