title: A new standard nomenclature for proteins related to Apx and Shroom.
abstract: Shroom is a recently-described regulator of cell shape changes in the developing nervous system. This protein is a member of a small family of related proteins that are defined by sequence similarity and in most cases by some link to the actin cytoskeleton. At present these proteins are named Shroom, APX, APXL, and KIAA1202. In light of the growing interest in this family of proteins, we propose here a new standard nomenclature.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Human Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany. hagens@molgen.mpg.de
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hagens
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ballabio
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kalscheuer
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kraehenbuhl
authors.forename: M Vittoria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Schiaffino
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Staub
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wallingford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000145:classification*; D051379:Mice; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000145:classification*; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D029867:Xenopus Proteins / Q000145:classification*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; C101060:SHROOM2 protein, human; C402112:Shrm protein, mouse; C078824:Shroom1 protein, Xenopus; D015222:Sodium Channels; D029867:Xenopus Proteins