KIF3C explained

Kinesin-like protein KIF3C is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF3C gene.^{[1] [2]} It is part of the kinesin family of motor proteins.

Further reading

• Davidovic L, Jaglin XH, Lepagnol-Bestel AM, etal . The fragile X mental retardation protein is a molecular adaptor between the neurospecific KIF3C kinesin and dendritic RNA granules. . Hum. Mol. Genet. . 16 . 24 . 3047–58 . 2008 . 17881655 . 10.1093/hmg/ddm263 . free .
• Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, etal . Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes. . Genome Res. . 16 . 1 . 55–65 . 2006 . 16344560 . 10.1101/gr.4039406 . 1356129 .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Elenich LA, Nandi D, Kent AE, etal . The complete primary structure of mouse 20S proteasomes. . Immunogenetics . 49 . 10 . 835–42 . 1999 . 10436176 . 10.1007/s002510050562 . 20977116 .
• Muresan V, Abramson T, Lyass A, etal . KIF3C and KIF3A form a novel neuronal heteromeric kinesin that associates with membrane vesicles. . Mol. Biol. Cell . 9 . 3 . 637–52 . 1998 . 9487132 . 10.1091/mbc.9.3.637. 25292 .
• Yang Z, Goldstein LS . Characterization of the KIF3C neural kinesin-like motor from mouse. . Mol. Biol. Cell . 9 . 2 . 249–61 . 1998 . 9450952 . 10.1091/mbc.9.2.249. 25248 .
• Telford EA, Wightman P, Leek J, etal . cDNA cloning, genomic organization, and chromosomal localization of a novel human gene that encodes a kinesin-related protein highly similar to mouse Kif3C. . Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. . 242 . 2 . 407–12 . 1998 . 9446808 . 10.1006/bbrc.1997.7977 .

Notes and References

1. Sardella M, Navone F, Rocchi M, Rubartelli A, Viggiano L, Vignali G, Consalez GG, Sitia R, Cabibbo A . KIF3C, a novel member of the kinesin superfamily: sequence, expression, and mapping to human chromosome 2 at 2p23 . Genomics . 47 . 3 . 405–8 . Apr 1998 . 9480755 . 10.1006/geno.1997.5123 .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: KIF3C kinesin family member 3C.