HoxB7 and Cdx2 have different expression profiles in normal and cancerous intestinal epithelium.
Cdx2 and HoxB7 exert opposite effects on DNA repair activity, using respectively non transcriptional and transcriptional mechanisms.
As in breast cancer cells, HoxB7 stimulates DNA repair.
Cdx2 counteracts HoxB7 transcriptional activity through direct or indirect interaction.