Mammalian Septins Nomenclature
Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: There are 10 known mammalian septin genes, some of which produce multiple splice variants. The current nomenclature for the genes and gene products is very confusing, with several different names having been given to the same gene product and distinct names given to splice variants of the same gene. Moreover, some names are based on those of yeast or Drosophila septins that are not the closest homologues. Therefore, we suggest that the mammalian septin field adopt a common nomenclature system, based on that adopted by the Mouse Genomic Nomenclature Committee and accepted by the Human Genome Organization Gene Nomenclature Committee. The human and mouse septin genes will be named SEPT1-SEPT10 and Sept1-Sept10, respectively. Splice variants will be designated by an underscore followed by a lowercase "v" and a number, e.g., SEPT4_v1.
Source: Molecular Biology of the Cell
Authors: Ian G. Macara, Richard Baldarelli, Christine M. Field, Michael Glotzer, Yasuhide Hayashi, Shu-Chan Hsu, Mary B. Kennedy, Makoto Kinoshita, Mark Longtine, Claudia Low, Lois J. Maltais, Louise McKenzie, Timothy J. Mitchison, Toru Nishikawa, Makoto Noda, Elizabeth M. Petty, Mark Peifer, John R. Pringle, Phillip J. Robinson, Dagmar Roth, S.E. Hilary Russell, Heidi Stuhlmann, Manami Tanaka, Tomoo Tanaka, William S. Trimble, Jerry Ware, Nancy J. Zeleznik-Le, Barbara Zieger
Institutions: University of Virginia, Jackson Laboratory, Harvard University, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, The University of Tokyo, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, California Institute of Technology, Oklahoma State University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Kyoto University, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Children's Medical Research Institute, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Queen's University Belfast, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokai University, University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children, Scripps Research Institute, Loyola University Medical Center, Loyola Medicine, University of Freiburg, University Medical Center Freiburg
Language: English
Subfield: Cell Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2126751622