Lawrence CJ et al. (2004) J Cell Biol "A standardized kinesin nomenclature."

Hirokawa N, McIntosh JR, Goodson HV, Reddy AS, Lawrence CJ, Okada Y, Cleveland DW, Miki H, Schliwa M, Endow SA, Malmberg RL, Mitchison TJ, Scholey JM, Wordeman L, Vale RD, Dawe RK, Christie KR, Howard J, Goldstein LS, Saxton WM, Dawson SC, Walczak CE

[J Cell Biol, 2004]

In recent years the kinesin superfamily has become so large that several different naming schemes have emerged, leading to confusion and miscommunication. Here, we set forth a standardized kinesin nomenclature based on 14 family designations. The scheme unifies all previous phylogenies and nomenclature proposals, while allowing individual sequence names to remain the same, and for expansion to occur as new sequences are discovered.