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The ras superfamily of GTP‐binding proteins: guidelines on nomenclature
Author(s) -
Kahn Richard A.,
Der Channing J.,
Bokoch Gary M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.6.8.1592203
Subject(s) - library science , citation , associate editor , basic research , computer science
therasoncogeneproteinshasbeendescribed(1-4).Thenumberofmembersofthissuperfamily identified hasincreaseddra-matically inrecentyears,andthenumber ofdescriptivetermsornamesusedtodenotetheseproteinshasincreasedalmostasdramatically aswell.During therecentFASEBSummer ResearchConference on“LowMolecular WeightGTPBinding Proteins:’aninformal sessiononnomencla-turewasheldinanefforttoestablishguidelinesforthelitera-tureinthisrapidlyexpanding field,aswellasinthenamingofnewgenesandproteins. Theneedforsuchasessionclearlyresultsfromtheabundance ofsequenceinformationonnewgenesandproteinsandtherelativepaucityofinfor-mationregarding proteinfunction, acommonthemeinthebiological sciencestoday.Thediscussion focusedonthreemainquestions: